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Paddy O'Connell of BBC Radio 4's Broadcasting House will be in the chair as the Frontline Club's First Wednesday discussions return after a summer break. These lively public meetings bring together experts and commentators and mix their views with contributions from our audience. ...more
Followed by a Q&A with Director Andy Capper, Associate Producer Stuart Griffiths and Richard Dare, former private in the Royal Anglian Regiment.
Traveling to STANTA training camp in East Anglia which is designed to exactly replicate army strongholds in Afghanistan, the VICE team show the grueling recruitment training process required before soldiers are ready for combat. ...more
Photograph: Patrick Chauvel
A special event about reporting from Vietnam with some of the giants of war reporting including Jon Swain, Michael Nicholson and Patrick Chauvel. ...more
On route to Edinburgh Literary Festival Gideon Levy will be joining us at the Frontline Club in conversation with Channel 4 News presenter Jon Snow. He will be discussing recent developments in the Middle East and his book The Punishment of Gaza. In which he documents Israel's 2005 withdrawal from Gaza and charts the events leading up to the assault of 2009. ...more
After the recession, now come the cuts. The UK is facing some of the most stringent public sector budget cuts since the Second World War. Will the UK population accept the austerity measures being ushered in or take to the streets to oppose them? Are scenes similar to those in Greece likely in our cities?
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Followed by a discussion with Martin Bell who covered the events of 1968 extensively, chaired by BBC Storyville Series Editor Nick Fraser
1968 explores the events that left the world reeling. Amongst the height of flower power and free love, the world witnessed the assassinations of Martin Luther King, Jr, and Robert F Kennedy, rioting, the rise of Black Power and the May student uprisings in Paris. ...more
Shouting Fire examines the naked truth behind this monumental canon on which America; "the land of the free", rests. But perhaps more precariously than one might think. Director Liz Garbus, and her father Martin Garbus, a First Amendment Attorney, explore the complexities involved in upholding such a law. A law that is often steeped in controversy, double standards, unlawful censorship and sometimes even violence. ...more
After seven years, billions of dollars, as many as 100,000 civilian deaths and more than 4,000 US troops killed - President Barack Obama is finally pulling US troops out of Iraq. Following Barack Obama's recent statement confirming the end of US combat operations in Iraq, we will be debating the implications for the Iraqi people and the soldiers that serve there. ...more
Can everyday people change the world? With conflicts raging across the world and European governments imposing stringent austerity measures, people are wondering more and more how they can play a role in shaping their future. ...more
In October 2007, Newsweek not only shook the Pakistani Community in America and abroad with it's brash statement: "Pakistan is the most dangerous place in the world", but also precipitated the making of Made in Pakistan, the first documentary to be released cinematically in Pakistan. The result was a cleverly-crafted piece of filmmaking introducing us to the another, brighter side of Pakistan. ...more
Followed by a Q&A with Directors Paul Thomas and Matt Harlock
Charismatic and and piercingly witty to most, aggressively sanctimonious to a some, Hicks life and his life's work are dramatically and viscerally brought to life in Harlock and Thomas' acclaimed documentary. ...more
The controversy surrounding WikiLeaks' historic release of more than 70,000 classified US military documents on the war in Afghanistan has not died down. But one thing is certain: online data and its dissemination is changing journalism and the relationship betwen public and power. In this special event, we ask: -- How are organisations like WikiLeaks changing the way public data is released? -- What do the Afghan War Logs mean for the mainstream media and government media relations? -- What are the legal implications of the War Logs files' release? Joining us on this panel are: Julian Assange, WikiLeaks editor-in-chief... ...more
On July 26th culture secretary Jeremy Hunt announced the abolition of the UK Film Council.Created in 2000 the UKFC has invested more than £160 million of Lottery money in over 900 films. Receiving £30 million a year from the Lottery and around £25.5 million from the Government the council has seen successes such as Bend it Like Beckham, Gosford Park and Vera Drake.Film producer Tim Bevan, and chair of the council, has said: "Abolishing the most successful film support organisation the UK has ever had is a bad decision, imposed without any consultation or evaluation. People will rightly look back... ...more
There's no doubting the power of Google: having re-written the online advertising rule-book, publishers around the world now use its AdSense system to make money and rely on its search algorithm to drive traffic. The company's motto is "don't be evil" - but is it a malign influence on the UK and world's news publishing? Or, as it claims, does Google simply enable publishers to reach bigger audiences than ever before, at no cost? Rupert Murdoch described Google as a parasite and has taken the news, paid-for The Times papers away from its index. But is dealing with Google and... ...more
Social media has opened up new ways for people to communicate, organise and campaign.But in what ways are people using social media for political ends? Looking at examples from around the world we will be examining the ways in which new tools are being used and the ways they have been used to challenge authority.What can we learn about both the potential of web and phone technology and what are their limitations. Can online buzz be translated into tangible effects? Or has as been claimed with the case of the Green protests in Iran, has the role played by social... ...more
Followed by a Q&A with Director Michael Lawson
India's forgotten women delves into the sordid buried practices, bringing to light the startling reality of how the lives of women in India are often dictated by ancient rites and pitiless customs, alive and thriving within the world's largest democracy ...more
Followed by a Q&A with Sorious Samura and Producer/Director Robin Barnwell
What is Africa's last taboo? Emmy award winning journalist Sorious Samura brings to light the brutal and little reported contemporary persecution faced by tens of thousands of African gay men. ...more
Followed by a Q&A with Producer Mark Cranwell and Chris Shearlock, Environment Manager of The Co-operative Group
Told through the eyes of scientists, "big oil" officials, politicians, doctors, environmentalists, and aboriginal citizens directly affected by "the largest industrial project on the planet today", the filmmakers journey to both sides of the border to uncover the emotional and irreversible impact this "black gold rush" is taking on our planet. ...more
The Frontline Club plays host to a panel of experts engaged in Somalia on a day-to-day basis, to discuss why Somalia matters, the future of the country, the role of the international community and to consider the de facto realities from the armchair theories. ...more
Can Israelis and Palestinians work together for peace? Four men who believe that they can will be at the Frontline Club to describe their journeys from division and violence towards non-violence. ...more
Following the release of more than 90,000 classified military documents on whistle-blowing site Wikileaks on Sunday, founder Julian Assange will be taking part in a special event at the Frontline Club this Tuesday evening.Assange will be talking about the impact of the documents that were released in partnership with The Guardian, the New York Times and German paper Der Spiegel which chronicle in minute detail US military operations in the country between 2004 and 2010.He will also discuss the journalistic implications of the way the information has been released as well as talking through the possibilities for journalists and citizens... ...more
Julian Assange of Wikileaks is holding a press conference at noon today at the Frontline Club following the release yesterday of a document set called the Afghan War Diary, an extraordinary compendium of over 91,000 reports covering the war in Afghanistan from 2004 to 2010, described by the Guardian as the biggest intelligence leak in history. Watch the second part here http://www.viddler.com/explore/frontlineclub/videos/455/... ...more
Plunder: The Crime of Our Time is an intriguing primer on the reasons behind the economic disaster that has affected us all. With interviews with bankers, respected economists, insiders, top journalists, and even convicted white-collar criminal Sam Antar, who blows the whistle on intentionally dishonest practices, Plunder is a definitive look at how we came to be in this mess told through the mouths of some of those who helped create it. ...more
On 10 February 2005 BBC journalist Kate Peyton was murdered in Mogadishu, Somalia. Kate Peyton's younger sister Rebecca Peyton will be at the Frontline Club to perform her one-woman show, which invites us into her post-Kate world: a life that is changed forever, but it goes on. ...more
Join us at the Frontline Club to examine the situation for foreigners and Iranians that are detained and convicted in Iran. Should the international community be putting more pressure on the Iranian government to justify their actions? ...more
Are there forces at work that are so institutionally powerful that they can shape one administration after another irrespective of whether it is Republican or Democratic?Russ Baker's Family of Secrets: The Bush Dynasty, America's Invisible Government, and the Hidden History of the Last Fifty Years uncovers the connections between the Bush family; their presidencies, the military, the oil industry, Wall Street and the CIA and the implications for the current president, Barack Obama, and his potential to implement true reform. ...more
NEW DATE This event is in association with the BBC College of Journalism Please note this event will start at a later time of 8.20pm
In association with the BBC College of Journalism, the Frontline Club is bringing top journalists who are expert in their field and craft, to talk about their stories and the journalism that has shaped their careers. In the fifth of this series Vin Ray, former BBC executive will be in conversation with Channel 4 News presenter Jon Snow. ...more
Followed by a Q&A with Director Greg Barker
Based on Pulitzer Prize-winning author Samantha Power's biography Chasing the Flame, Sergio tells the story of UN diplomat Sergio Vieira de Mello who was killed when a massive truck bomb exploded outside his office in Iraq. ...more
They're supposed to be opposite ends of the spectrum: journalists report the news, while public relations professionals try to influence them. But how different is PR from journalism these days? Should those who value editorial and commercial independence be concerned or is it just a sympton of a shrinking, fragmented mass media? ...more
The Gulf of Mexico spill has put the spotlight on the oil industry and its practices to an unprecedented degree.
Join us at the Frontline Club where we will be discussing BP and the Deepwater Horizon oil rig explosion that has resulted in an estimated 5,000 barrels of oil a day spilling into the sea: what are the implications not only for BP's future but also for the oil industry? ...more
The Frontline Club is proud to announce our second event in association with The Channel 4 BRITDOC Foundation. An evening of Documentary Matchmaking to pair great new projects with the right people in the industry to help make them happen.From 7 - 8.30pm, directors and producers will be introducing their work in progress projects to a crowded room including leading producers, editors, commissioners and possible collaborators. Each project will have a few minutes to lay out what they are doing and what advice or help they need from the experts in the room. Some projects will be at completion stage... ...more
Followed by a Q&A with Director Antony Thomas and Journalist Saaed Kamali Dehghan
Described as "the most important documentary HBO has ever done." For Neda has been creating a storm as it has been screened around the world. Filmed secretly with Neda Agha-Soltan's father, mother, sister and younger brother, is an intimate portrait of a young woman who has become a potent symbol of opposition to the Iranian regime yet about whom until now little has been known. ...more
The appointment of Mervyn Silva, a politician with an established record of hostility towards journalists, as deputy minister of Information within the Sri Lankan government in April this year was met with calls for his removal by press freedom organisations.What can be done to protect journalists working in Sri Lanka who face threats, imprisonment and violence as a result of doing their work?Join us at the Frontline Club where we will be discussing press freedom in Sri Lanka and the impact that government has on its reporting of human rights abuses within the country. Is the Sri Lankan media in... ...more
By the time of his death in 2008 at the age of 109, Boris Efimov had created political cartoons on just about every world event over the past hundred years. Working for the Soviet press Efimov created images that were equally powerful and hilarious. From World War II, in which the Nazis had given order to hang Efimov on sight, through the Cold War he created thousands of images that riled those in power and created a titanic legacy we are fortunate to see Stalin Thought of You. ...more
Followed by a Q&A with Director Tim Albone and Afghan Cricket Coach Taj Malik
An inspirational documentary following the extraordinary quest of the Afghan cricket team to qualify for the 2011 World Cup. Against a backdrop of war and poverty, Out of the Ashes, traces the remarkable journey of a team of young Afghans as they chase a seemingly impossible dream - shedding new light on a nation beyond burqas, bombs, drugs and devastation. ...more
Join Gary Younge at the Frontline Club to discuss his book Who Are We - and Should it Matter in the 21st Century? which takes in Sarah Palin, Tiger Woods and the Danish cartoon controversy and calls forthe differences between us to be talked about "properly". ...more
The Japan we know from films and TV is one of tradition, high technology and pop culture. But as with every nation, something more sinister lies beneath the bright lights of Sony and Nintendo. With an expert panel including Jake Adelstein author of Tokyo Vice, we'll investigate the problem of organised crime in Japan and cast a light on the media's reporting of it. ...more
Followed by a Q&A with Director Dariusz Jabłoński
This is a story about a man whom historians consider as the most important spy of the Cold War. A uniquely constructed portrait of the Polish Colonel Ryszard Kukliński, who provided the CIA with more than 40,000 strategic documents from the Warsaw Pact during the Cold War. Was he a traitor, or the savior of Poland? ...more
Followed by a Q&A with Director Jamie Doran
A controversial and colourful one-hour documentary, Africa Rising highlights the failure of Western policies towards Africa and asks if it's time to reconsider the role of Western aid workers on the continent. ...more
Join us for another quiz evening in the Clubroom with quiz master Marcus Berkmann. You can enter as an individual or as a team of six. All money raised will go to the Fixers' Fund which raises money for families of fixers around the world killed or injured while working with the international media. This event is open to everyone.Photograph courtesy of Stephen Sidlo.... ...more
Followed by a Q&A with Director/Producer Evan Williams and Executive Producer Siobhan Sinnerton
Filmed covertly over the course of a year by Burmese cameramen, who risked an instant 30-year jail sentence if caught, Orphans of Burma's Cyclone exposes the official intransigence of one of the world's most brutal and secretive regimes and, for the first time, reveals what day-to-day life is like for the ordinary people of Burma. ...more
Join us at the Frontline Club with Paddy Ashdown (Lord Ashdown of Norton-sub-Hamdon GCMG, KBE, PC), High Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina 2002 -2006; Allan Little, BBC correspondent in Former Yugoslavia 1991 - 1995 and Kemal Pervanic, founder trustee of Most Mira, survivor of the Omarska concentration camp and author of The Killing Days: My Journey through the Bosnian War. ...more
North Korea is once again in the spot light, but what lies behind the borders of this most secretive of countries? Join us at the Frontline Club with an expert panel to discuss the implications of recent events, the role and responsibility of the international community and what life is like for those living in North Korea. ...more
What are the new UK Government's policies on climate change and how do they match up to the global challenges of the next five years? Join us at the Frontline Club for the second in this series of discussions in association in with Communications INC that will look at the Coalition government's policies and the challenges that lie ahead during the new Parliament's fixed term. ...more
Frontline's debate, The Digital Economy Act: Changing the Habits of a Generation will focus on where the act will go now with a coalition government: will tough piracy and copyright measures survive? What of the promise of 2Mbps broadband for all? The Labour peer, film producer and former CEO of Columbia Pictures Lord Puttnam, who introduced several amendments to the Bill in the Lords debates, will be joined in the discussion by Conservative peer, Lord Lucas, who tabled several of the Bill's most radical amendments. ...more
Followed by a Q&A with director Chris Atkins and Louis Charalambous, Partner at Simons Muirhead & Burton
Starsuckers a darkly humourous and shocking exposé of the celebrity obsessed media, that uncovers the real reasons behind our addiction to fame and blows the lid on the corporations and individuals who profit from it. ...more
Followed by a Q&A with director Nino Kirtadze
In 1991, it was the words "freedom" and "democracy" that excited the Russian imagination. Nineteen years later, where is Russia now? ...more
Followed by a Q&A with Producer/Director Duane Baughman and Producer Mark Siegel
Bhutto is the definitive documentary that chronicles the life of one of the most complex and fascinating characters of our time. Hers is an epic tale of Shakespearean dimension. It's the story of the first woman in history to lead a Muslim nation: Pakistan. ...more
Followed by a Q&A with Director James Der Derian
Seeking to understand 'why they hate us', the US military adopts a new strategy of cultural awareness to win over the hearts and minds of the Iraqi and Afghan people. Controversy erupts when academics embed with combat troops and the war comes home to the university. ...more
Daniel Schwartz has travelled and documented the Central Asian republics since the early years of their independence from the Soviet Union. His artistic book about the region Travelling Through the Eye of History captures the ancient allure of the old Silk Roads and the modern-day realities from Xinjiang province to the Caspian Sea, via Afghanistan. This event will be moderated by Steppe magazine associate editor Mitchell Albert. ...more
The media industry has never faced more uncertainty or doubt over its future than now. After the election, we ask: what happens now to the UK's local and regional media industry
Tickets booked for the original date of May 19 are still valid for this event.The media industry has never faced more uncertainty or doubt over its future than now. And nowhere is that anxiety more felt than in local and regional print and broadcast publishing.Labour's plans to revolutionise local TV and multimedia news by handing over TV licence fee money to "independently-funded news consortia" now looks to have been trashed by the Tory-Lib Dem government.So after the election, we ask: what happens now to the UK's local and regional media industry? What is the business model for newspapers, broadcast media... ...more
Followed by a Q&A with director Mitko Panov, script consultant Gareth Jones and film critic Nevena Dakovic
The War is Over is an intimate narrative that reflects the common immigrant experience in the age of globalisation. Can a good man hold up under the excruciating pressures of war, exile and deportation? Will he be able to rebuild his life abroad and make sense of it? ...more
Followed by a Q&A with Producer Joëlle Bertossa
Shot a few weeks after the end of Israel's January 2009 offensive, this sensitively crafted doc captures the human suffering and devastation wrought on Gaza's Palestinian residents as they struggle daily to survive. ...more
Hosted by Robert West Co-Founder and Executive Director of Working Films
The Frontline Club are thrilled to be hosting the London premiere of the tenth annual Media That Matters festival, a showcase of 12 short films on social issues for multiplatform distribution ...more
Join us for another of our First Wednesday discussions: lively public meetings that bring together experts and commentators and mix their views with contributions from our audience. We'll be discussing the domestic and international challenges facing modern Iran. ...more
A welcome return to the Frontline Club for Jewish Comedian Ivor Dembina with his remarkable show about the Middle East conflict 'This is Not a Subject for Comedy'. Best described as a ‘story with jokes’, the narrative uses humour to tell how a young Jewish man from Hendon, north London brought up to love Israel finds his support for the Jewish State challenged by his visit to the Occupied Territories. From London to the West Bank via Auschwitz and Jerusalem we see him decide to speak out against the Occupation despite hostility from within his own Jewish community. Although... ...more
Followed by a Q&A with Director George Gittoes chaired by Susan Brand, Film Editor
Director George Gittoes meets the locals and gets up (too) close to the clash of Fundamentalism and entertainment, virtual and real, in this off beat doc-drama, which takes us on a totally surprising, sometimes funny, sometimes terrifying journey, into the forbidden zones of Pakistan's North West Frontier. ...more
This event is in association with FiveBooks
Can violence be used to stop the tribal, ethnic and religious conflicts that have flared up in cities around the world? What can be done once counter-insurgency has run its course in Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan, and beyond? ...more
Fatima Bhutto, writer, political commentator and outspoken critic of Pakistan's current regime will be at the Frontline Club in conversation with Owen Bennett-Jones, BBC Pakistan correspondent between 1998 and 2001 and author of Pakistan: Eye Of The Storm, to talk about her new book Songs of Blood and Sword and her vision for the future of Pakistan. ...more
In association with the BBC College of Journalism, the Frontline Club is bringing top journalists who are expert in their field and craft, to talk about their stories and the journalism that has shaped their careers. In the fifth of this inspiring new series Vin Ray, director of the BBC College of Journalism, will be in conversation with International Editor for Channel 4 News Lindsey Hilsum. ...more
Followed by a Q&A with Director Richard Parry
Made over 15 years by club founders Vaughan Smith and Richard Parry the film is an intimate journey with war photographer Robert King, following his ambition to win the Pullitzer Prize for photography in the most dangerous warzones of the late 20th and early 21st centuries. ...more
This quiz has been cancelled due to unforseen circumstances.With quiz master Marcus Berkmann. Join us for another quiz evening in the Clubroom. You can enter as an individual or as a team of six. All money raised will go to the Fixers' Fund which raises money for families of fixers around the world killed or injured while working with the international media. This event is open to everyone.Photograph courtesy of Chris King.... ...more
There's no shortage of news around at the moment, but is anyone making anyone any money from it?As the print-based media come to terms with a shrinking advertising market and a promiscuous digital audience, many are looking to high-end devices such as Apple's iPhone and iPad, which touches down in Britain on May 28, as a way to charge readers.But is Apple's tightly controlled app economy really the great hope that newspaper and magazine publishers hope it is, or just another false dawn?At the same time, Rupert Murdoch's Times and Sunday Times are about to launch paid-for premium websites featuring... ...more
This discussion is in association with the Global Campaign for Climate Action and Communications INC
Join us at the Frontline Club for a discussion in association with Communications INC about the aftermath of "climategate" the roles played by science, politics and the media. ...more
Followed by a Q&A with Mike Rudin (BBC) Series Producer of the Conspiracy Files
Part of our Alternative View season, Loose Change 9/11 - An American Coup is the feature-length version of the controversial series that looks into the various theories surrounding 9/11. Vanity Fair said the series "just might be the first Internet blockbuster" and millions of people have followed the films since the first installment five years ago. We want to look at whether these viewpoints have a place within mainstream media. ...more
Meet Dr. NakaMats, octogenarian, demi-god in his native Japan, and the world's most prolific inventor, holding over 3300 patents. Edison by comparison had only 1,093. Some of his most famous include: the floppy disk, the CD, the DVD, the taxi cab meter, Cinemascope and even Karaoke. Here, in a vivid, often comic tour de force, Danish filmmaker Kaspar Asrtrup Schröeder takes us through the eccentric world of the great man. ...more
Moldova is one of the main source countries for trafficking women and children, up to 10% of the female population are sold into prostitution abroad. Dana Popa will be speaking at the Frontline Club about the issues surrounding sex trafficking and her experiences as a photographer. Mark Sealy, director of Autograph-ABP will be moderating this event. Read more about this event on the Frontline Blog here: http://frontlineclub.com/blogs/theforum/2010/05/photographing-the-sex-trade.html ...more
Followed by a Q&A with Vice editor Andy Capper
In The Vice Guide To Liberia, VBS travels to the capital city Monrovia to meet three men who participated in the 14 years of civil war that ravaged the West African country. ...more
In partnership with the Orwell Prize and the Media Standards Trust, the Frontline is holding a special panel discussion with three of the journalists shortlisted for this year's award, one week before the winner is announced.
Please note the new start time for this event of 7.30pm.Speakers on the night include Mail on Sunday reporter Peter Hitchens; Guardian social affairs reporter Amelia Gentleman and freelancer John Arlidge, who writes for the Sunday Times. With our chair Paddy O'Connell, the presenter of BBC Radio 4's Broadcasting House, we'll get the inside story on their nominees' scoops, investigations and insights and find out what makes hard-hitting political journalists tick in 2010. We also ask: is investigative journalism under threat from the pressures of the modern media industry? See the full list of nominees and links to their work... ...more
What is the reality of the humanitarian aid industry and what impact is it having on the people at the receiving end? How is the money spent and is there enough accountability to make sure it is spent in the right way? Join us at the Frontline Club with Conor Foley author of Thin Blue Line: How Humanitarianism Went to War and Linda Polman author of War Games: The Story of Aid and War in Modern Times. ...more
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From the makers of Jesus Camp, Heidi Ewing and Rachel Grady, 12th & Delaware plants itself on the intersection of its title which is home to the bizarre setup of having an abortion clinic on one side of the street and a pro-life facility on the other. Unfolding over one year this is truly a war film, an ideological war that has the lives and future of the young women in the film at its core. ...more
Join us at the Frontline Club from 7pm onwards to watch the General Election results in the Club room and Forum.
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Paddy O'Connell of BBC Radio 4's Broadcasting House will be in the chair for another of our First Wednesday discussions. First Wednesdays are an opportunity to debate with experts and commentators on a wide range of issues from domestic politics to international affairs, climate change and economics. ...more
The Fear Factory is an eye-opening look into crime in British society today. It examines how the media portrays our safety and for what end. The film is a timely look at a major voting issue and shows where truth and reality differ in the public eye. Followed by a Q&A with Directors Richard Symons and Joanna Natasegara
The Fear Factory is an eye-opening look into crime in British society today, how the public perception matches the true reality and how pivotal a voting issue it is. It examines how the media portrays our safety and for what end. The film is a timely look at a major voting issue and shows where truth and reality differ in the public eye. ...more
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Comedian, scriptwriter and journalist Jane Bussmann at the Frontline Club for a special one-off comedy night. ...more
Seven years after the Anglo-American invasion of Iraq, New Internationalist co-editor Hadani Ditmars with special guests Hassan Abdulrazzak, who wrote the play Baghdad Wedding, gay rights activist Ali Hili, and writer Haifa Zangana discuss Iraq's future. ...more
Canon launches first MPEG-2 Full HD (4:2:2) file-based camcorders. Join Canon team for drinks and demonstration. ...more
"It's easy to make nice pictures... much more difficult to understand the whole story... to find the truth is almost impossible" Followed by a Q&A with Director Sacha Mirzoeff
Shooting Under Fire follows Reinhard Krause, Reuters' former chief photographer in Israel, in the last few weeks of his four-year assignment as his team of local Israeli and Palestinian photographers try to to give an objective portrayal of events in the volatile Holy Land. ...more
Live from Bethlehem takes us behind the scenes of the only independent news network in the Palestinian Territories. A fast-paced, action-packed film that follows the staff of the Ma'an News Agency as they fight to provide Palestinians with a source of reliable news. Followed by a Q&A with Director Matt Sienkiewicz
Live from Bethlehem takes us behind the scenes of the only independent news network in the Palestinian Territories. A fast-paced, action-packed film that follows the staff of the Ma'an News Agency as they fight to provide Palestinians with a source of reliable news. ...more
What goes through the mind of a Jihadist from America's capital? American Jihadist explores militant Islam through the eyes of Isa Abdullah Ali - aka Clevin Raphael Holt - who fought in Lebanon and Bosnia for six years for what he calls "the pleasure of God by taking a stand to help the ill treated and oppressed" Followed by a Q&A with Writer/Producer Jody Jenkins
What goes through the mind of a Jihadist from America's capital? American Jihadist explores militant Islam through the eyes of Isa Abdullah Ali - aka Clevin Raphael Holt - who fought in Lebanon and Bosnia for six years for what he calls "the pleasure of God by taking a stand to help the ill treated and oppressed". ...more
This event will be chaired by Rob Kirk, editorial development manager, Sky News.
Join us at the Frontline Club, where, in association with Sky News, we will be broadcasting the second leaders' debate live in HD, followed by a panel discussion with leading commentators and experts. ...more
For our next Frontline Club networking party, we're inviting members, guests and friends to join us in celebrating the very best in independent video journalism. ...more
With the Archbishop of Jos, Benjamin Kwashi;Dr Khataza Gondwe, Christian Solidarity Worldwide Sub Saharan Africa team leader; Michael Peel, former West Africa Correspondent now Legal Correspondent for the Financial Times and author of A Swamp Full of Dollars; Dr Abdul Raufu Mustapha, University Lecturer in African Politics and Kirk-Greene Fellow at St Antony's College, University of Oxford; more tbc.
Moderated by Lindsey Hilsum, International Editor for Channel 4 News. ...more
Paddy O'Connell of BBC Radio 4's Broadcasting House will be in the chair as the Frontline Club's First Wednesday discussions return after a summer break. These lively public meetings bring together experts and commentators and mix their views with contributions from our audience. ...more
Photograph: Patrick Chauvel
A special event about reporting from Vietnam with some of the giants of war reporting including Jon Swain, Michael Nicholson and Patrick Chauvel. ...more
On route to Edinburgh Literary Festival Gideon Levy will be joining us at the Frontline Club in conversation with Channel 4 News presenter Jon Snow. He will be discussing recent developments in the Middle East and his book The Punishment of Gaza. In which he documents Israel's 2005 withdrawal from Gaza and charts the events leading up to the assault of 2009. ...more
After the recession, now come the cuts. The UK is facing some of the most stringent public sector budget cuts since the Second World War. Will the UK population accept the austerity measures being ushered in or take to the streets to oppose them? Are scenes similar to those in Greece likely in our cities?
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After seven years, billions of dollars, as many as 100,000 civilian deaths and more than 4,000 US troops killed - President Barack Obama is finally pulling US troops out of Iraq. Following Barack Obama's recent statement confirming the end of US combat operations in Iraq, we will be debating the implications for the Iraqi people and the soldiers that serve there. ...more
Can everyday people change the world? With conflicts raging across the world and European governments imposing stringent austerity measures, people are wondering more and more how they can play a role in shaping their future. ...more
On July 26th culture secretary Jeremy Hunt announced the abolition of the UK Film Council.Created in 2000 the UKFC has invested more than £160 million of Lottery money in over 900 films. Receiving £30 million a year from the Lottery and around £25.5 million from the Government the council has seen successes such as Bend it Like Beckham, Gosford Park and Vera Drake.Film producer Tim Bevan, and chair of the council, has said: "Abolishing the most successful film support organisation the UK has ever had is a bad decision, imposed without any consultation or evaluation. People will rightly look back... ...more
The controversy surrounding WikiLeaks' historic release of more than 70,000 classified US military documents on the war in Afghanistan has not died down. But one thing is certain: online data and its dissemination is changing journalism and the relationship betwen public and power. In this special event, we ask: -- How are organisations like WikiLeaks changing the way public data is released? -- What do the Afghan War Logs mean for the mainstream media and government media relations? -- What are the legal implications of the War Logs files' release? Joining us on this panel are: Julian Assange, WikiLeaks editor-in-chief... ...more
Social media has opened up new ways for people to communicate, organise and campaign.But in what ways are people using social media for political ends? Looking at examples from around the world we will be examining the ways in which new tools are being used and the ways they have been used to challenge authority.What can we learn about both the potential of web and phone technology and what are their limitations. Can online buzz be translated into tangible effects? Or has as been claimed with the case of the Green protests in Iran, has the role played by social... ...more
Can Israelis and Palestinians work together for peace? Four men who believe that they can will be at the Frontline Club to describe their journeys from division and violence towards non-violence. ...more
Following the release of more than 90,000 classified military documents on whistle-blowing site Wikileaks on Sunday, founder Julian Assange will be taking part in a special event at the Frontline Club this Tuesday evening.Assange will be talking about the impact of the documents that were released in partnership with The Guardian, the New York Times and German paper Der Spiegel which chronicle in minute detail US military operations in the country between 2004 and 2010.He will also discuss the journalistic implications of the way the information has been released as well as talking through the possibilities for journalists and citizens... ...more
On 10 February 2005 BBC journalist Kate Peyton was murdered in Mogadishu, Somalia. Kate Peyton's younger sister Rebecca Peyton will be at the Frontline Club to perform her one-woman show, which invites us into her post-Kate world: a life that is changed forever, but it goes on. ...more
Join us at the Frontline Club to examine the situation for foreigners and Iranians that are detained and convicted in Iran. Should the international community be putting more pressure on the Iranian government to justify their actions? ...more
Are there forces at work that are so institutionally powerful that they can shape one administration after another irrespective of whether it is Republican or Democratic?Russ Baker's Family of Secrets: The Bush Dynasty, America's Invisible Government, and the Hidden History of the Last Fifty Years uncovers the connections between the Bush family; their presidencies, the military, the oil industry, Wall Street and the CIA and the implications for the current president, Barack Obama, and his potential to implement true reform. ...more
NEW DATE This event is in association with the BBC College of Journalism Please note this event will start at a later time of 8.20pm
In association with the BBC College of Journalism, the Frontline Club is bringing top journalists who are expert in their field and craft, to talk about their stories and the journalism that has shaped their careers. In the fifth of this series Vin Ray, former BBC executive will be in conversation with Channel 4 News presenter Jon Snow. ...more
The Gulf of Mexico spill has put the spotlight on the oil industry and its practices to an unprecedented degree.
Join us at the Frontline Club where we will be discussing BP and the Deepwater Horizon oil rig explosion that has resulted in an estimated 5,000 barrels of oil a day spilling into the sea: what are the implications not only for BP's future but also for the oil industry? ...more
The appointment of Mervyn Silva, a politician with an established record of hostility towards journalists, as deputy minister of Information within the Sri Lankan government in April this year was met with calls for his removal by press freedom organisations.What can be done to protect journalists working in Sri Lanka who face threats, imprisonment and violence as a result of doing their work?Join us at the Frontline Club where we will be discussing press freedom in Sri Lanka and the impact that government has on its reporting of human rights abuses within the country. Is the Sri Lankan media in... ...more
Join Gary Younge at the Frontline Club to discuss his book Who Are We - and Should it Matter in the 21st Century? which takes in Sarah Palin, Tiger Woods and the Danish cartoon controversy and calls forthe differences between us to be talked about "properly". ...more
The Japan we know from films and TV is one of tradition, high technology and pop culture. But as with every nation, something more sinister lies beneath the bright lights of Sony and Nintendo. With an expert panel including Jake Adelstein author of Tokyo Vice, we'll investigate the problem of organised crime in Japan and cast a light on the media's reporting of it. ...more
Join us at the Frontline Club with Paddy Ashdown (Lord Ashdown of Norton-sub-Hamdon GCMG, KBE, PC), High Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina 2002 -2006; Allan Little, BBC correspondent in Former Yugoslavia 1991 - 1995 and Kemal Pervanic, founder trustee of Most Mira, survivor of the Omarska concentration camp and author of The Killing Days: My Journey through the Bosnian War. ...more
North Korea is once again in the spot light, but what lies behind the borders of this most secretive of countries? Join us at the Frontline Club with an expert panel to discuss the implications of recent events, the role and responsibility of the international community and what life is like for those living in North Korea. ...more
Followed by a Q&A with Director Andy Capper, Associate Producer Stuart Griffiths and Richard Dare, former private in the Royal Anglian Regiment.
Traveling to STANTA training camp in East Anglia which is designed to exactly replicate army strongholds in Afghanistan, the VICE team show the grueling recruitment training process required before soldiers are ready for combat. ...more
Followed by a discussion with Martin Bell who covered the events of 1968 extensively, chaired by BBC Storyville Series Editor Nick Fraser
1968 explores the events that left the world reeling. Amongst the height of flower power and free love, the world witnessed the assassinations of Martin Luther King, Jr, and Robert F Kennedy, rioting, the rise of Black Power and the May student uprisings in Paris. ...more
Shouting Fire examines the naked truth behind this monumental canon on which America; "the land of the free", rests. But perhaps more precariously than one might think. Director Liz Garbus, and her father Martin Garbus, a First Amendment Attorney, explore the complexities involved in upholding such a law. A law that is often steeped in controversy, double standards, unlawful censorship and sometimes even violence. ...more
In October 2007, Newsweek not only shook the Pakistani Community in America and abroad with it's brash statement: "Pakistan is the most dangerous place in the world", but also precipitated the making of Made in Pakistan, the first documentary to be released cinematically in Pakistan. The result was a cleverly-crafted piece of filmmaking introducing us to the another, brighter side of Pakistan. ...more
Followed by a Q&A with Directors Paul Thomas and Matt Harlock
Charismatic and and piercingly witty to most, aggressively sanctimonious to a some, Hicks life and his life's work are dramatically and viscerally brought to life in Harlock and Thomas' acclaimed documentary. ...more
Followed by a Q&A with Director Michael Lawson
India's forgotten women delves into the sordid buried practices, bringing to light the startling reality of how the lives of women in India are often dictated by ancient rites and pitiless customs, alive and thriving within the world's largest democracy ...more
Followed by a Q&A with Sorious Samura and Producer/Director Robin Barnwell
What is Africa's last taboo? Emmy award winning journalist Sorious Samura brings to light the brutal and little reported contemporary persecution faced by tens of thousands of African gay men. ...more
Followed by a Q&A with Producer Mark Cranwell and Chris Shearlock, Environment Manager of The Co-operative Group
Told through the eyes of scientists, "big oil" officials, politicians, doctors, environmentalists, and aboriginal citizens directly affected by "the largest industrial project on the planet today", the filmmakers journey to both sides of the border to uncover the emotional and irreversible impact this "black gold rush" is taking on our planet. ...more
Plunder: The Crime of Our Time is an intriguing primer on the reasons behind the economic disaster that has affected us all. With interviews with bankers, respected economists, insiders, top journalists, and even convicted white-collar criminal Sam Antar, who blows the whistle on intentionally dishonest practices, Plunder is a definitive look at how we came to be in this mess told through the mouths of some of those who helped create it. ...more
Followed by a Q&A with Director Greg Barker
Based on Pulitzer Prize-winning author Samantha Power's biography Chasing the Flame, Sergio tells the story of UN diplomat Sergio Vieira de Mello who was killed when a massive truck bomb exploded outside his office in Iraq. ...more
Followed by a Q&A with Director Antony Thomas and Journalist Saaed Kamali Dehghan
Described as "the most important documentary HBO has ever done." For Neda has been creating a storm as it has been screened around the world. Filmed secretly with Neda Agha-Soltan's father, mother, sister and younger brother, is an intimate portrait of a young woman who has become a potent symbol of opposition to the Iranian regime yet about whom until now little has been known. ...more
By the time of his death in 2008 at the age of 109, Boris Efimov had created political cartoons on just about every world event over the past hundred years. Working for the Soviet press Efimov created images that were equally powerful and hilarious. From World War II, in which the Nazis had given order to hang Efimov on sight, through the Cold War he created thousands of images that riled those in power and created a titanic legacy we are fortunate to see Stalin Thought of You. ...more
Followed by a Q&A with Director Tim Albone and Afghan Cricket Coach Taj Malik
An inspirational documentary following the extraordinary quest of the Afghan cricket team to qualify for the 2011 World Cup. Against a backdrop of war and poverty, Out of the Ashes, traces the remarkable journey of a team of young Afghans as they chase a seemingly impossible dream - shedding new light on a nation beyond burqas, bombs, drugs and devastation. ...more
Followed by a Q&A with Director Dariusz Jabłoński
This is a story about a man whom historians consider as the most important spy of the Cold War. A uniquely constructed portrait of the Polish Colonel Ryszard Kukliński, who provided the CIA with more than 40,000 strategic documents from the Warsaw Pact during the Cold War. Was he a traitor, or the savior of Poland? ...more
Followed by a Q&A with Director Jamie Doran
A controversial and colourful one-hour documentary, Africa Rising highlights the failure of Western policies towards Africa and asks if it's time to reconsider the role of Western aid workers on the continent. ...more
Followed by a Q&A with Director/Producer Evan Williams and Executive Producer Siobhan Sinnerton
Filmed covertly over the course of a year by Burmese cameramen, who risked an instant 30-year jail sentence if caught, Orphans of Burma's Cyclone exposes the official intransigence of one of the world's most brutal and secretive regimes and, for the first time, reveals what day-to-day life is like for the ordinary people of Burma. ...more
Photograph: Patrick Chauvel
A special event about reporting from Vietnam with some of the giants of war reporting including Jon Swain, Michael Nicholson and Patrick Chauvel. ...more
Daniel Schwartz has travelled and documented the Central Asian republics since the early years of their independence from the Soviet Union. His artistic book about the region Travelling Through the Eye of History captures the ancient allure of the old Silk Roads and the modern-day realities from Xinjiang province to the Caspian Sea, via Afghanistan. This event will be moderated by Steppe magazine associate editor Mitchell Albert. ...more
Moldova is one of the main source countries for trafficking women and children, up to 10% of the female population are sold into prostitution abroad. Dana Popa will be speaking at the Frontline Club about the issues surrounding sex trafficking and her experiences as a photographer. Mark Sealy, director of Autograph-ABP will be moderating this event. Read more about this event on the Frontline Blog here: http://frontlineclub.com/blogs/theforum/2010/05/photographing-the-sex-trade.html ...more
The photographers behind the pictures taken in the aftermath of January's earthquake in Haiti flocked to scenes of razed buildings and distraught victims. David Levene and Inigo Gilmore were among them. These accomplished Guardian journalists will be in conversation with the Guardian's head of photography, Roger Tooth, about what the real images of the damage wrought by the Haiti earthquake are like, what is being censored out in the media and the role that photographers play in such tragedies. ...more
Ed Kashi is a US-based photojournalist and filmmaker whose work spans over 60 countries including Nigeria, Iraq and Afghanistan. In March's In the Picture,Ed Kashi will explore his experiences as a photojournalist, focusing on his work in the Niger Delta. ...more
Followed by a Q&A moderated by photographer Chris Steele-Perkins
British photographer David Hoffman, who specialises in coverage of protest and has dedicated his career to documenting racial and social conflict, policing and social exclusion, will focus on the war being waged on photography through oppressive policing and privacy laws that limit press freedom. ...more
Award-winning photographer Rena Effendi will be at the Frontline Club to discuss her new book Pipe Dreams - A chronicle of lives along the pipeline, that examines the reality behind the corporate image in a country transformed by the discovery of oil.
The photographer will discuss her journey along the the 1,700 km oil pipeline through her native Azerbaijan, Georgia and Turkey and the stories she collected along the way of people and their struggle against poverty. ...more
As part of our Associate Membership programme The Frontline Club are proud to announce our second Networking Event, with the theme of Photography.We will start the evening with a panel discussion on the impact of citizen journalism on photography. The panel includes Turi Munthe (CEO, Demotix), Olivier Laurent (News Editor, British Journal of Photography), Marc Vallée (Photographer) and Matthew Eltringham (BBC News, User Generated Content) and will be chaired by Ben Hammersley (Associate Editor, WIRED)Frontline are delighted to announce that this event will be sponsored by Chivas Regal and Beefeater Gin and a selection of their products will be served... ...more
All events are open to the public Followed by Q&A moderated by Catherine Philp the Diplomatic Correspondant of The Times.
British photojournalist Jason P. Howe spent 5 years visiting some of the most war ravaged areas of Colombia. He lived with FARC rebels, right wing death squads, cocaine producers, Government forces and the internally displaced to produce the images for his book COLOMBIA: Between the Lines.As part of the event the Frontline Club will screen the images from his book and Jason will discuss his experiences documenting Colombia behind the headlines.... ...more
Followed by a Q&A moderated by Tim Rogers (Thomson Foundation)
Balazs Gardi and Teru Kuwayama met at the world press photo masterclass in 2000, and developed a friendship and collaborative approach to photography and journalism in the years that followed.Following the September 11 attacks on the United States, they both embarked on long term explorations of the region that is now commonly referred to as "the central front" in the "global war on terror". Between them, they have made more than twenty trips to the region, traveling independently, and also as embedded reporters with US, NATO, Pakistani, and Indian military forces. Gardi and Kuwayama are co-directors of November Eleven, a non-profit... ...more
£10 - To book for this event please call reservations on 020 7479 8940 or email events@frontlineclub.com Followed by Q&A moderated by Roger Tooth (The Guardian)
In 2007, John D McHugh won the Frontline Club Award for his work in Afghanistan. In 2008, The Guardian commissioned him to produce an online project called “Six months in Afghanistan.” The project was to include photography, short films, audio slideshows, and blogging. “I wanted to use the full range of multimedia options open to me to tell the story of the war in Afghanistan,” says McHugh, “and The Guardian gave me the opportunity to do this, and the platform to present the results to a worldwide audience.” McHugh will present a selection of this multimedia work at The Frontline... ...more
Gideon Mendel is an award winning photographer and has been documenting the impact of HIV/Aids in Africa for more than 15 years, working in 10 different countries to show the many ways the disease has devastated the lives of millions of ordinary people. ...more
Gerda Taro was a pioneering and largely unknown female photojournalist whose work consisted almost exclusively of dramatic photographs from the Spanish Civil War. Irme Schaber, Taro’s biographer and curator of the current exhibition at the Barbican will present and talk about a wide selection of Taro’s work. ...more
Pulitzer winning photographer Liu Heung Shing is a renowned Chinese photographer and a former foreign correspondent. In a career spanning over 20 years he covered China, India, Korea, the US and former USSR for all the major publications. ...more
Jehad Nga is one of the most talented emerging photographers on the international scene and for the last three years has worked intensely in and around Mogadishu. For one night only he will present a selection of images from his portfolio and talk about operating as a photographer in one of the world’s most dangerous environments. ...more
Followed by Q&A
Marcus Bleasdale has now spent eight years covering the brutal conflict within the borders of the Democratic Republic of Congo and the work was published in his book One Hundred Years of Darkness. Tonight he will present his work focusing on the people in Eastern Congo’s mining towns, where militia groups and government forces battle on a daily basis for control of the mineral-rich areas where they can exploit gold, coltan, cassiterite and diamonds. ...more
Followed by Q&A
Judah Passow, one of the leading UK based photojournalists, presents images from over 25 years covering the Middle East and discusses how his pictures demonstrate the complex human reality that exists on both sides of the divide. ...more
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When Vaughan and Pranvera Smith asked us to choose the Pictures of War and Protest that now hang at The Frontline Club we decided to pull no punches. We wanted to compel you, the members and guests of Frontline, to think of the risk taken by those who took the pictures and also to think about those who were photographed.
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Alexandra Boulat, co-founder of VII photo agency, speaks about working in war zones and her project on women in the Middle East. ...more
Yannis Kontos spent 17 days photographing North Korea, a country that remains out-of-bounds to journalists and reporters. ...more
Every day thousands of Iraqis abandon their homes in search of safety. Many have been kidnapped, tortured, forced to pay ransoms or watched family members killed before their eyes . The decision to leave their country is their last hope and the journey is perilous. ...more
The Democratic Republic of Congo carries the tragic label of the deadliest war in the world today. An estimated four million people have died since 1998. ...more
First Wednesday: Natural disaster and political turmoil in Pakistan
First Wednesday: Natural disaster and political turmoil in Pakistan
September 1, 2010 7pm
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