Investigative reporter John Pilger and broadcaster Jon Snow (Channel 4
News) happen to be speaking within a few days of each other in London this
week, on broadly similar topics.
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John Pilger in Conversation -- National Film Theatre
John Pilger, war correspondent, author and BAFTA and Emmy award-winning
film-maker, has been on British TV screens for some 35 years, virtually
all of them at ITV. In that time he has highlighted some of the most
distressing and enraging effects of war and super-power 'diplomacy' ever
screened. With his production team, which for a long time included the
late producer-director David Munro, Pilger has confronted those in power
and told the stories of those without power. He will look back at his
career, in an interview with Julian Petley, following a screening of two
of his most provocative works.
Part of ITV50 at the NFT
Sun 6 Nov 6.30PM NFT1 A special event
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Breaking the Silence: Truth and Lies in the War on Terror + Year Zero: The
Silent Death of Cambodia -- National Film Theatre
Few TV reports have had greater impact than Year Zero (ATV 1979, 52 mins),
the first footage to emerge from Cambodia for four years, leading to £19m
in relief funds being raised. The film ended with the words, 'You can
assume that most of the people you saw in tonight's film are now dead.'
Breaking the Silence (Carlton 2003, 52 mins) looks at George Bush's
adventures in Afghanistan and Iraq, and includes subtly telling grillings
of senior Bush officials and former intelligence officers. In Death of a
Nation: The Timor Conspiracy (Central 1994; showing here in extract only),
Pilger and his team uncover evidence of a previously unknown massacre.
Part of ITV50 at the NFT
Sun 6 Nov 4.10PM NFT1 A special event
Mon 7 Nov 6.15PM NFT2 An education event
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November 10th 2005
Time 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Title Can the media ever learn to love human rights? Lecture by Jon Snow
Location Courtauld Institute of Art, Strand
Speaker Jon Snow
Phone Contact 02078481924
Topic / Issue Human Rights
Sponsor Irwin Mitchell, One Crown Office Row
Can the media ever learn to love human rights? Jon Snow looks at the
media's double standards on human rights - quick to battle for the right
to publish, quick to ride rough-shod over the rights of those least able
to defend themselves. Part of the Lunchtime Lecture series of the British
Institute of Human Rights
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