Janis Rafa on the Fragile Boundary Between Life and Death in Feature Debut 'Kala Azar'

Dating back to her childhood in Greece, first-time director Janis Rafa has spent the better part of her life contemplating death. The title of her feature-length debut, "Kala Azar," takes its name from the parasitic disease that swept through the country in the 1990s, ravaging the animal population. In Rafa's childhood home, which included both […]