Events tag:frontlineclub.com,2009-02-23:/events/9 2012-10-29T10:52:18Z Movable Type 4.23-en The Frontline Club Members' Annual Party 2012 tag:frontlineclub.com,2012:/events//9.5904 2012-11-30T19:00:00Z 2012-10-29T10:52:18Z Join us for the annual members' party, celebrating nine years of the Frontline Club and the end of another incredible year of talks, debates and documentary screenings. Drinks will be provided courtesy of Chivas Regal. This event is open to current members of the Frontline Club and their guests only. Flora Carmichael ]]> The Frontline Club Members' Annual Party 2012
30, Nov 2012
Join us for the annual members' party, celebrating nine years of the Frontline Club and the end of another incredible year of talks, debates and documentary screenings. Drinks will be provided courtesy of Chivas Regal. This event is open to current members of the Frontline Club and their guests only. ]]> Screening: Shorts at the Frontline Club tag:frontlineclub.com,2012:/events//9.5924 2012-11-28T19:00:00Z 2012-10-29T08:31:28Z An evening of short documentaries from different parts of the world covering a wide range of topics. Shorts at the Frontline Club will showcase moving, striking and funny stories using different techniques. Wotienke Vermeer ]]> Screening: Shorts at the Frontline Club
28, Nov 2012
An evening of short documentaries from different parts of the world covering a wide range of topics. Shorts at the Frontline Club will showcase moving, striking and funny stories using different techniques. ]]> Covering poverty in an indifferent world tag:frontlineclub.com,2012:/events//9.5921 2012-11-27T19:00:00Z 2012-10-29T08:58:09Z In 1984 the world was shaken by the images of the famine in Ethiopia, what followed was a global call to action. The images were shocking, but nearly 30 years on, is the public immune to graphic imagery? Join us as we ask, how do you communicate poverty in the modern media landscape? Millicent Teasdale ]]> Covering poverty in an indifferent world
27, Nov 2012
In 1984 the world was shaken by the images of the famine in Ethiopia, what followed was a global call to action. The images were shocking, but nearly 30 years on, is the public immune to graphic imagery? Join us as we ask, how do you communicate poverty in the modern media landscape? ]]> Screening: In the Shadow of the Sun + Q&A tag:frontlineclub.com,2012:/events//9.5911 2012-11-26T19:00:00Z 2012-10-29T08:57:10Z Over 130 people with albinism have been brutally murdered or left mutilated in Tanzania since 2008, fuelled by a belief that albino body parts used in witchcraft will bring about prosperity and good fortune. Portraying two members of the Tanzanian Albino Society who follow their dreams in the face of prejudice and fear, In the Shadow Of the Sun reveals a story of deep-rooted superstition, suffering and incredible strength. Wotienke Vermeer ]]> Screening: In the Shadow of the Sun + Q&A
26, Nov 2012
Over 130 people with albinism have been brutally murdered or left mutilated in Tanzania since 2008, fuelled by a belief that albino body parts used in witchcraft will bring about prosperity and good fortune. Portraying two members of the Tanzanian Albino Society who follow their dreams in the face of prejudice and fear, In the Shadow Of the Sun reveals a story of deep-rooted superstition, suffering and incredible strength. ]]> Screening: Voice of a Nation - My Journey through Afghanistan + Q&A tag:frontlineclub.com,2012:/events//9.5930 2012-11-23T19:00:00Z 2012-10-29T08:55:47Z Over the past 10 years director Jawed Taiman has travelled across Afghanistan to find out about the real state of his homeland. Through conversations with Afghan men, women, students, farmers, government employees, and even insurgents opposing the government Taiman captures their uncensored, honest opinions and views on their lives. Wotienke Vermeer ]]> Screening: Voice of a Nation - My Journey through Afghanistan + Q&A
23, Nov 2012
Over the past 10 years director Jawed Taiman has travelled across Afghanistan to find out about the real state of his homeland. Through conversations with Afghan men, women, students, farmers, government employees, and even insurgents opposing the government Taiman captures their uncensored, honest opinions and views on their lives. ]]> THIRD PARTY EVENT PhotoTALK with WPO: The funding game tag:frontlineclub.com,2012:/events//9.5901 2012-11-21T19:00:00Z 2012-10-29T08:53:03Z The Frontline Club is set to host the first event in a new World Photography Organisation series, PhotoTALK. This PhotoTALK will provide insights into obtaining funding for photographic projects. Experts and practitioners will hit the key points about grants, bursaries, crowdfunding and more - what they mean, how to find funds and what to think about. With Donald Weber. Flora Carmichael ]]> THIRD PARTY EVENT PhotoTALK with WPO: The funding game
21, Nov 2012
The Frontline Club is set to host the first event in a new World Photography Organisation series, PhotoTALK. This PhotoTALK will provide insights into obtaining funding for photographic projects. Experts and practitioners will hit the key points about grants, bursaries, crowdfunding and more - what they mean, how to find funds and what to think about. With Donald Weber. ]]> The inequality debate tag:frontlineclub.com,2012:/events//9.5922 2012-11-20T19:00:00Z 2012-10-29T08:51:25Z As emerging markets such as China and India grow, the gap in global inequality is narrowing. But within many of these countries and those that are more developed the gap between rich and poor is widening, in some countries to a shocking degree. Join us as we discuss the problem of inequality globally, and how it can be tackled without hurting economic growth. Millicent Teasdale ]]> The inequality debate
20, Nov 2012
As emerging markets such as China and India grow, the gap in global inequality is narrowing. But within many of these countries and those that are more developed the gap between rich and poor is widening, in some countries to a shocking degree. Join us as we discuss the problem of inequality globally, and how it can be tackled without hurting economic growth. ]]> Cruel Britannia: A Secret History of Torture tag:frontlineclub.com,2012:/events//9.5923 2012-11-15T19:00:00Z 2012-10-29T08:50:41Z From the Second World War to the War on Terror, via Kenya and Northern Ireland award-winning investigative journalist Ian Cobain's new book Cruel Britannia explores Britain's role in the development and use of torture. We will be joined by Cobain and a panel of experts to ask whether it is to time to challenge the official line that the UK does not 'participate in, solicit, encourage or condone' torture. Millicent Teasdale ]]> Cruel Britannia: A Secret History of Torture
15, Nov 2012
From the Second World War to the War on Terror, via Kenya and Northern Ireland award-winning investigative journalist Ian Cobain's new book Cruel Britannia explores Britain's role in the development and use of torture. We will be joined by Cobain and a panel of experts to ask whether it is to time to challenge the official line that the UK does not 'participate in, solicit, encourage or condone' torture. ]]> Insight with Jeremy Bowen: The Arab Uprisings tag:frontlineclub.com,2012:/events//9.5919 2012-11-14T19:00:00Z 2012-10-29T08:48:44Z BBC Middle East correspondent from 1995 and Middle East editor since 2005, award-winning journalist Jeremy Bowen has spent much of the past two years documenting the game-changing moments in the history of the Middle East. He will be joining us in conversation with Channel 4 News' International Editor Lindsey Hilsum to discuss this historic era, which he documents in his new book The Arab Uprisings: The People Want the Fall of the Regime. Millicent Teasdale ]]> Insight with Jeremy Bowen: The Arab Uprisings
14, Nov 2012

BBC Middle East correspondent from 1995 and Middle East editor since 2005, award-winning journalist Jeremy Bowen has spent much of the past two years documenting the game-changing moments in the history of the Middle East. He will be joining us in conversation with Channel 4 News' International Editor Lindsey Hilsum to discuss this historic era, which he documents in his new book The Arab Uprisings: The People Want the Fall of the Regime.

]]> The future of fixers in foreign reporting tag:frontlineclub.com,2012:/events//9.5926 2012-11-13T19:00:00Z 2012-10-29T08:48:03Z From Iraq to Afghanistan, Libya to Syria local fixers are increasingly being relied upon by journalists to help them get the story and do their jobs. We will be asking what role they will play in the future of foreign reporting. Millicent Teasdale ]]> The future of fixers in foreign reporting
13, Nov 2012
From Iraq to Afghanistan, Libya to Syria local fixers are increasingly being relied upon by journalists to help them get the story and do their jobs. We will be asking what role they will play in the future of foreign reporting. ]]> Screening: Land Rush + debate tag:frontlineclub.com,2012:/events//9.5918 2012-11-12T19:00:00Z 2012-10-29T08:46:28Z Can the world feed itself? When the food system began falling apart in 2008, rich countries started buying up and leasing fertile tracks of the developing world. In Land Rush directors Hugo Berkeley and Osvalde Lewat look at the situation in Mali where 75% of the population are farmers, but rich, land-hungry nations like China and Saudi Arabia are leasing land in order to turn large areas into agribusiness farms. Wotienke Vermeer ]]> Screening: Land Rush + debate
12, Nov 2012
Can the world feed itself? When the food system began falling apart in 2008, rich countries started buying up and leasing fertile tracks of the developing world. In Land Rush directors Hugo Berkeley and Osvalde Lewat look at the situation in Mali where 75% of the population are farmers, but rich, land-hungry nations like China and Saudi Arabia are leasing land in order to turn large areas into agribusiness farms. ]]> Screening: Education, Education + debate tag:frontlineclub.com,2012:/events//9.5912 2012-11-09T19:00:00Z 2012-10-29T08:44:53Z The Chinese government tells its citizens that the country is a meritocracy where individuals' best efforts will contribute to the overall success of nation and party. In Education, Education director Weijun Chen asks whether education is really the way out of poverty for young people in China? Wotienke Vermeer ]]> Screening: Education, Education + debate
09, Nov 2012
The Chinese government tells its citizens that the country is a meritocracy where individuals' best efforts will contribute to the overall success of nation and party. In Education, Education director Weijun Chen asks whether education is really the way out of poverty for young people in China? ]]> First Wednesday: Trouble at the BBC - Savile, management and public trust tag:frontlineclub.com,2012:/events//9.5914 2012-11-07T19:00:00Z 2012-10-29T08:44:27Z The last time the BBC set up an internal inquiry of the scale of the Pollard Inquiry it resulted in a shake up that saw the resignation of the Director General and the Chairman. Nearly ten years on from the Hutton Inquiry pressure is again mounting at the BBC and there are calls for those at the top to "fall on their swords". Millicent Teasdale ]]> First Wednesday: Trouble at the BBC - Savile, management and public trust
07, Nov 2012

The last time the BBC set up an internal inquiry of the scale of the Pollard Inquiry it resulted in a shake up that saw the resignation of the Director General and the Chairman. Nearly ten years on from the Hutton Inquiry pressure is again mounting at the BBC and there are calls for those at the top to "fall on their swords".

]]> Obama or Romney - The 57th US Election Night tag:frontlineclub.com,2012:/events//9.5915 2012-11-06T20:00:00Z 2012-10-29T08:42:33Z As Americans go to the polls we invite you to join us to follow the live coverage of the 57th US Presidential election night. In what is set to be a tight race we will have coverage from Sky News and other networks as results unfold state by state. Complimentary wine and American beer will be served courtesy of onefinestay and hotdogs and nachos will be available. Millicent Teasdale ]]> Obama or Romney - The 57th US Election Night
06, Nov 2012

As Americans go to the polls we invite you to join us to follow the live coverage of the 57th US Presidential election night. In what is set to be a tight race we will have coverage from Sky News and other networks as results unfold state by state.

Complimentary wine and American beer will be served courtesy of onefinestay and hotdogs and nachos will be available.

]]> Screening: The Mexican Suitcase + Q&A tag:frontlineclub.com,2012:/events//9.5910 2012-11-05T19:00:00Z 2012-10-29T08:54:02Z In the chaos caused by the beginning of World War II in Europe, three small boxes disappeared to be found again in a closet in Mexico City in 2007. They contained 4,500 unique negatives, the work of three friends; Robert Capa, David "Chim" Seymour and Gerda Taro. The Mexican Suitcase reveals the journey these lost negatives made from France to Mexico, telling the story of the photographers and a wider narrative of exile, loss, memory and identity. Wotienke Vermeer ]]> Screening: The Mexican Suitcase + Q&A
05, Nov 2012
In the chaos caused by the beginning of World War II in Europe, three small boxes disappeared to be found again in a closet in Mexico City in 2007. They contained 4,500 unique negatives, the work of three friends; Robert Capa, David "Chim" Seymour and Gerda Taro. The Mexican Suitcase reveals the journey these lost negatives made from France to Mexico, telling the story of the photographers and a wider narrative of exile, loss, memory and identity. ]]> Screening: Park Avenue - Money, Power and the American Dream + Q&A tag:frontlineclub.com,2012:/events//9.5909 2012-11-02T18:00:00Z 2012-10-29T08:40:02Z New York's Park Avenue runs the length of Manhattan, home to some of the most expensive real estate in the world, before crossing the river into the Bronx where more than half the residents receive food stamps. Through the story of these two Park Avenues, director Alex Gibney puts forward an eloquent argument that the extreme wealth of a few has been used to impose their ideas on the rest of America. Wotienke Vermeer ]]> Screening: Park Avenue - Money, Power and the American Dream + Q&A
02, Nov 2012
New York's Park Avenue runs the length of Manhattan, home to some of the most expensive real estate in the world, before crossing the river into the Bronx where more than half the residents receive food stamps. Through the story of these two Park Avenues, director Alex Gibney puts forward an eloquent argument that the extreme wealth of a few has been used to impose their ideas on the rest of America. ]]> Preview Screening: Call Me Kuchu + Q&A tag:frontlineclub.com,2012:/events//9.5908 2012-11-01T18:00:00Z 2012-10-29T08:37:04Z With unprecedented access, Call Me Kuchu examines the astounding courage and determination required to battle an oppressive government, a vicious media and a powerful church in the fight for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender rights. Wotienke Vermeer ]]> Preview Screening: Call Me Kuchu + Q&A
01, Nov 2012
With unprecedented access, Call Me Kuchu examines the astounding courage and determination required to battle an oppressive government, a vicious media and a powerful church in the fight for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender rights. ]]> THIRD PARTY EVENT: Unreported World - Reporting Social Change tag:frontlineclub.com,2012:/events//9.5913 2012-10-31T18:30:00Z 2012-10-29T08:33:53Z Channel 4's acclaimed foreign affairs series Unreported World returns this autumn with more compelling stories from around the world. To launch the new series Unreported World correspondents Marcel Theroux, Jenny Kleeman, Ramita Navai, Seyi Rhodes, Aidan Hartley, C4 News anchor Krishnan Guru Murthy and Series Editor Monica Garnsey will be present to introduce extracts from the programmes and talk about the highlights, challenges and dangers of reporting on new kinds of conflict. Millicent Teasdale ]]> THIRD PARTY EVENT: Unreported World - Reporting Social Change
31, Oct 2012

Channel 4's acclaimed foreign affairs series Unreported World returns this autumn with more compelling stories from around the world.

To launch the new series Unreported World correspondents Marcel Theroux, Jenny Kleeman, Ramita Navai, Seyi Rhodes, Aidan Hartley, C4 News anchor Krishnan Guru Murthy and Series Editor Monica Garnsey will be present to introduce extracts from the programmes and talk about the highlights, challenges and dangers of reporting on new kinds of conflict.

]]> FULLY BOOKED Why Poverty? launch tag:frontlineclub.com,2012:/events//9.5877 2012-10-30T18:00:00Z 2012-10-16T16:19:39Z Join us for the launch of Why Poverty? A ground-breaking series of international documentaries looking at contemporary poverty screening on the BBC in November. The global cross-media event produced in partnership with The Open University will see the same eight films screened in 180 countries by more than 70 broadcasters to explore why, in the 21st Century, a billion people still live in poverty. Millicent Teasdale ]]> FULLY BOOKED Why Poverty? launch
30, Oct 2012
Join us for the launch of Why Poverty? A ground-breaking series of international documentaries looking at contemporary poverty screening on the BBC in November. The global cross-media event produced in partnership with The Open University will see the same eight films screened in 180 countries by more than 70 broadcasters to explore why, in the 21st Century, a billion people still live in poverty. ]]> MENA Film Festival: Beyond the Walls tag:frontlineclub.com,2012:/events//9.5865 2012-10-29T18:00:00Z 2012-10-29T08:28:20Z Entwining beautiful animation and interviews, Beyond the Walls tells the story of former Arab and Palestinian prisoners detained in Israeli jails. The film details how they adjusted to society after being released, how they gave meaning to their daily life in prison and the harsh conditions they often faced within the walls. Wotienke Vermeer ]]> MENA Film Festival: Beyond the Walls
29, Oct 2012
Entwining beautiful animation and interviews, Beyond the Walls tells the story of former Arab and Palestinian prisoners detained in Israeli jails. The film details how they adjusted to society after being released, how they gave meaning to their daily life in prison and the harsh conditions they often faced within the walls.

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