Liberation at Frontline Category
Panel Discussion hosted by BOND and the UK Gender and Development Network including Q&A with Kim Longinotto
This fascinating, often hilarious documentary follows the work of Cameroonian State Prosecutor Vera Ngassa and Court President Beatrice Ntuba as they help women fight often-difficult cases of abuse, despite pressures from family and their community to remain silent. ...more
Followed by a panel discussion with Producer Jessica Edwards, Duncan Green, Oxfam Head of Policy and Diarmaid McDonald, UK Stop AIDS Campaign Coordinator
The Hunger Season follows two years of an unfolding humanitarian crisis in one small African nation Swaziland, and uses this example to ask why, in spite of our incredible agricultural productivity, in spite of the Millennium Goals and a massive UN food aid programme, are we failing to solve the problem of hunger? ...more
Panel Discussion hosted by BOND, Stop AIDS and Save The Children
Filmed over three years, We Are Together tells the remarkable and moving story of a group of children who use music to overcome hardship and loss. ...more
Panel discussion hosted by BOND and Jubilee Debt Campaign
Good Fortune explores how massive, international efforts to alleviate poverty in Africa may be undermining the very communities they aim to benefit. ...more
Followed by a Q&A with Director Jennifer Arnold and human rights lawyer Chris Mburu
When Swedish teacher Hilde Back decides to sponsor a young, rural Kenyan student she thought little more about it. Years later, out of the blue she hears from Chris Mburu, now a Harvard Graduate and Human Rights Lawyer for the United Nations. A Small Act bears witness to the ripple effect a single action can create. ...more
After the recession, now come the cuts. The UK is facing some of the most stringent public sector budget cuts since the Second World War. Will the UK population accept the austerity measures being ushered in or take to the streets to oppose them? Are scenes similar to those in Greece likely in our cities?
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Followed by a discussion with Martin Bell who covered the events of 1968 extensively, chaired by BBC Storyville Series Editor Nick Fraser
1968 explores the events that left the world reeling. Amongst the height of flower power and free love, the world witnessed the assassinations of Martin Luther King, Jr, and Robert F Kennedy, rioting, the rise of Black Power and the May student uprisings in Paris. ...more
Shouting Fire examines the naked truth behind this monumental canon on which America; "the land of the free", rests. But perhaps more precariously than one might think. Director Liz Garbus, and her father Martin Garbus, a First Amendment Attorney, explore the complexities involved in upholding such a law. A law that is often steeped in controversy, double standards, unlawful censorship and sometimes even violence. ...more
After seven years, billions of dollars, as many as 100,000 civilian deaths and more than 4,000 US troops killed - President Barack Obama is finally pulling US troops out of Iraq. Following Barack Obama's recent statement confirming the end of US combat operations in Iraq, we will be debating the implications for the Iraqi people and the soldiers that serve there. ...more
Can everyday people change the world? With conflicts raging across the world and European governments imposing stringent austerity measures, people are wondering more and more how they can play a role in shaping their future. ...more