The Square’s Jehane Noujaim on Filming a Revolution
An interview with filmmaker Jehane Noujaim whose “The Square” is nominated for an Academy Award for best documentary.
An interview with filmmaker Jehane Noujaim whose “The Square” is nominated for an Academy Award for best documentary.
This week, our eyes are on civil movements in Southeast Asia and citizen video from Palestine prompting demand for an investigation.
This week protests in the Ukraine and Thailand threaten the stability of those two governments, while the next government of Honduras is up in the air following last month’s contested elections. Drone footage, protest videos, and international observers bring us images of those and other human rights stories.
In Egypt, protesters have taken to the streets to oppose a new law restricting freedom of association. Meanwhile contenders in Honduras’ presidential election are both claiming victory, and WITNESS releases new video resources for the #16Days campaign.
In the past week, citizen journalists have taken us from Cairo’s Tahrir Square to garment worker protests in Cambodia and the Commonwealth Summit in Sri Lanka.
As world leaders gather at the UN this week for the General Assembly, we are keeping one eye on citizen journalists who are reporting on human rights and the impact of international policy from the ground.
This week, video captured of Egyptian armed forces violently attacking protestors, miners in South Africa rallying a year after the Marikana massacre, and more in human rights video from Bulgaria and Indonesia.
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Our latest in-depth playlist takes a look at one aspect of the political turmoil in Egypt that many would rather keep hidden: gender-based violence.
Highlights from our playlists following developments in Egypt, an in-depth look at police torture in Bahrain, and new video alleging the use of chemical weapons by Assad’s forces in Syria.
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