Joel Dullroy

One move ahead - a daughter's fight for her father

Nievevska Torres, 14, is a World School Chess champion from Peru. As she rises through the ranks, her father is battling cancer,  drawing strength from her success. In the streets of Lima, people pay to play her, while the family sell homemade chocolates bearing her name to raise funds for her travel. Together, they face life’s toughest battles — one chess move at a time.

A film by Joel Dullroy.  Video by Alejandra Elias Zambrano, Sugyn Quintana, Sebastian Galdos & Joel Dullroy. Filmed in Peru & Uruguay, 2024 & 2025.

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Rescuing food and dignity in Argentina

From garbage hunters to food rescue heroes - how Argentina's biggest market is restoring dignity and reducing food waste.  The central market in Buenos Aires is one of the largest in South America. Much of its produce is thrown away, even if it is still edible. Amid Argentina's unstable economy, people come to search in the rubbish. But some have been saved through a program to employ people to save wasted food.

A film by Sugyn Quintana and Joel Dullroy.

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Exberliner: Rolling back on cycling infrastructure: Berlin’s war on bikes begins

Motorists are steering politics in Berlin. Cyclists fear they’ll be driven off the roads. Is the new government backing Berlin into a car-centric future?

Berlin car drivers can’t believe their luck. After years of trundling behind entitled cyclists, they’re being restored as the apex predator of the urban jungle. The new CDU government used drivers’ rights as a wedge to win big outside the Ring at the last election, and now they’re rewarding their motorist voters....

https://www.exberliner.com/berlin/berlins-war-on-bikes-begins/

Exberliner: “What have you done to my Berlin?”: Political chaos and exploding aquariums

Guest politics columnist Joel Dullroy is back in Berlin after a winter away and wonders what's become of the city since the last election.

Berliners, you’ve got some explaining to do. I go travelling for half a year and come back to this mess? The Christian Democrats have taken charge of the city, climate change protesters are being treated like terrorists, rents have gone up yet again. A falafel sandwich costs €5. And you blew up the aquarium! I can’t even trust you with the pets...

https://www.exberliner.com/politics/what-have-you-done-to-my-berlin-political-chaos-and-exploding-aquariums/

Lola Magazine: How To Fuck Up An Airport

Millions over budget and years overdue, Berlin's new BER airport is a disaster

BER is the international airport code for Berlin Brandenburg Airport. It has also become a signifier of failure, incompetence, corruption and Berlin’s general inability to get its shit together.

How did the capital city of efficient and frugal Germany manage to fuck up an airport so spectacularly? The project was plagued with hubris, miscalculation and mismanagement right from the start.

https://lolamag.de/feature/current-affairs/how-to-fuck-up-an-airport/

Exberliner: Berlin’s failed rental revolution

How Berlin went from cheap rents to a housing crisis, saw its rent cap defeated and what will happen next with calls for expropriation.

BER is the international airport code for Berlin Brandenburg Airport. It has also become a signifier of failure, incompetence, corruption and Berlin’s general inability to get its shit together.

How did the capital city of efficient and frugal Germany manage to fuck up an airport so spectacularly? The project was plagued with hubris, miscalculation and mismanagement right from the start.

https://www.exberliner.com/berlin/berlins-failed-rental-revolution-crisis-expropriation-mietendeckel-enteignen/

One move ahead - a daughter's fight for her father

Nievevska Torres, 14, is a World School Chess champion from Peru. As she rises through the ranks, her father is battling cancer,  drawing strength from her success. In the streets of Lima, people pay to play her, while the family sell homemade chocolates bearing her name to raise funds for her travel. Together, they face life’s toughest battles — one chess move at a time.

A film by Joel Dullroy.  Video by Alejandra Elias Zambrano, Sugyn Quintana, Sebastian Galdos & Joel Dullroy. Filmed in Peru & Uruguay, 2024 & 2025.

Watch on DW Sports Life