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Panel Discussion hosted by BOND and the UK Gender and Development Network including Q&A with Kim Longinotto
This fascinating, often hilarious documentary follows the work of Cameroonian State Prosecutor Vera Ngassa and Court President Beatrice Ntuba as they help women fight often-difficult cases of abuse, despite pressures from family and their community to remain silent. ...more
Panel Discussion hosted by BOND and Oxfam UK
Over the last two years we have been filming an unfolding humanitarian crisis in one small African nation Swaziland, and using this example to ask why, in spite of our incredible agricultural productivity, in spite of the Millennium Goals and a massive UN food aid programme, are we failing to solve the problem of hunger? ...more
Followed by Q&A with Craig McCall
Featuring unique interviews with over twenty of the world's greatest actors, directors and technicians, Cameraman is not only a valuable testimony to British and international cinema history; it's an informative and sometimes humorous one too -- an amazing story about an exceptional life. ...more
In the first of a series of events looking at the aid industry we will be examining the UK international development budget and the implications for foreign aid. What is the coalition government's policy towards the development budget and what impact will the proposed changes have on countries around the world? ...more
Panel Discussion hosted by BOND, Stop AIDS and Save The Children
Filmed over three years, We Are Together tells the remarkable and moving story of a group of children who use music to overcome hardship and loss. ...more
Managing large amounts of data is one of the key skills of the modern, digitally-minded journalist. So how do top data-driven journalists collate, analyse and present vast amounts of facts and figures into interactive graphics, searchable databases and fascinating charts.
What would you do if someone handed you 90,000 unfiltered documents and asked you to make a story out of it? Managing large amounts of data is one of the key skills of the modern, digitally-minded journalist. So how do top data-driven journalists collate, analyse and present vast amounts of facts and figures into interactive graphics, searchable databases and fascinating charts. Experts confirmed so far include: -- Simon Rogers, news editor (data) at The Guardian and editor of Guardian.co.uk's Datablog. Simon played a key role in turning some of the 90,000 documents given to Wikileaks into graphics and interactive charts.... ...more
Join us at the Frontline Club where we will be looking ahead to the midterm elections and the next two years for President Obama's in the White House with congressional scholar, Professor Thomas Mann, an expert on campaigns, elections and the effectiveness of Congress. ...more
Followed by a Q&A with Director Chris Smith
Followed by a Q&A with Director Chris Smith. A former Los Angeles police officer turned investigative journalist, Michael Ruppert predicted the current financial crisis in his self-published newsletter. Drawing from data and news stories he explains his unique interpretation in the face of fierce opposition. ...more
Panel discussion hosted by BOND and Jubilee Debt Campaign
Good Fortune explores how massive, international efforts to alleviate poverty in Africa may be undermining the very communities they aim to benefit. ...more
What will be the impact of climate change on the world's poorest people? Can climate change rights violations can be remedied in courts of law? Join us at the Frontline Club in the last of three events in association with Communications INC to discuss the relationship between human rights and climate change. ...more
Is the conflict in Afghanistan becoming Britain's Vietnam? Is the media reporting it properly or simply embedding the truth with the journalists?The Media Society is hosting a lively discussion chaired by Kevin Marsh of the BBC College of Journalism. With: Alex Thomson, chief correspondent, Channel Four News and Brigadier Mark van der Lande OBE, head of Operational Communication, Ministry of Defence.There will be a drinks reception afterwards to celebrate the publication of: Afghanistan, War and the Media: Deadlines and Frontlines, edited by Richard Lance Keeble and John Mair, published by Abramis, 13 September.Thanks to support from the BBC College of... ...more
Please join us in celebrating the official launch of the Cambodian Children's Fund UK. The Cambodian Children's Fund UK is dedicated to improving the lives of young people from Cambodia's most destitute communities. With Scott Neeson, Michael Mansfield QC and Janet Templeman. ...more
Followed by a Q&A with Director Jennifer Arnold
When Swedish teacher Hilde Back decides to sponsor a young, rural Kenyan student she thought little more about it. Years later, out of the blue she hears from Chris Mburu, now a Harvard Graduate and Human Rights Lawyer for the United Nations. A Small Act bears witness to the ripple effect a single action can create. ...more
Followed by a Q&A with Director Oliver Englehart
A documentary that follows four ordinary, yet extraordinary, men and women throughout the course of their working days, showing a different side of life in Afghanistan's bustling capital. ...more
Two members of Documentography, Guilhem Alandry and Anna Kåri, will be at the Frontline Club to discuss their collective and their techniques, including an innovative joint project about a shanty town built on a rubbish tip in Sierra Leone commissioned by Save the Children. ...more
The West's perception of Arab women has become increasingly associated with the victim, oppression and the veil. This simplified view angers Joumana Haddad who as a poet, writer and journalist has fought against over-simplistic stereotypes of the Arab woman. She will be at the Frontline Club in conversation with BBC Middle East editor Jeremy Bowen to discuss this and her new book I Killed Scheherazade: Confessions of an Angry Arab Woman. ...more
Followed by a Q&A with Director James Rogan
The Trouble with Pirates is a revealing look at how a small group of men in speedboats have come to threaten world trade in the Indian Ocean and the human cost of their actions. ...moreFirst 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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