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