Talks Category
In 2014 America's longest war will be over but what will become of the Afghan people? Join us as we ask whether the Afghan National Army can to keep the country from civil war or whether it is destined to see a similar scenario to what followed the Soviet withdrawal in 1989. ...more
Filmmaker Fredrik Gertten took on the multinational corporation Dole Food Company and it's PR army and won. Upon the release of Gertten's blockbuster documentary Bananas!*, which recounts the law suit 12 Nicaraguan plantation workers brought against Dole, his tenacity and journalistic mettle were tested to their limits when he was hounded by Dole's lawyers and PR firms.
Gertten will be at the Frontline Club to give a masterclass in filmmaking against the odds. He will give a detailed account of his ordeal and answer questions about his films and filmmaking in general.
Moderated by John Sweeney of the BBC's Panorama. ...more
How much freedom should the police and intelligence agencies be given to monitor cyber activity? Is cyber surveillance a threat to the public's civil liberties or necessary to keep them safe? Join us to discuss whether a balance can be struck? ...more
BBC's Storyville Nick Fraser will be in conversation with director of Journalism at the Reuters Institute John Lloyd to discuss the evolution of documentary, its defining nature and the future for this form of storytelling.
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Join us to discuss the rise of India and what the future might hold for he world's largest democracy with a population of over 1.21 billion people.
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A special event bringing together the film’s director Ross Ashcroft, co-author of the accompanying book Four Horsemen: The Survival Manual, Mark Braund, contributors and others to map out the argument for change and ask whether we have reached the age of consequence.
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A photographic tribute to photojournalists Tim Hetherington and Chris Hondros who were killed in Libya last year. Join Benjamin J Spatz and Giles Duley in conversation with James Brabazon in the final event in Photo Week 2012. ...more
Picture credit © Peter Dench
Two Getty photographers Peter Dench and Tom Stoddart talk to Getty's Vice President of Assignment Aidan Sullivan about their projects and experience photographing diverse subjects. ...more
Nearly eight years in the making, Voices of the Atlantic marks the 30th Anniversary of the Falklands/Malvinas War. This major exhibition of photographs by Argentinian photographer Adriana Groisman examines the issues of war and its consequences. Groisman will be speaking about her motivations for the project as well as her experiences whilst making the work. ...more
VII photographers Lynsey Addario, Gary Knight, Christopher Morris and John Stanmeyer will be at the Frontline Club to discuss the key themes in photo agency VII's new book, Questions Without Answers and their individual experiences capturing history in the making. ...more