Past Events and Screenings

  View in iTunes Following the tumultuous events in Egypt we are holding a special First Wednesday debate to both take stock and to look at the impact that the ousting of president Hosni Mubarak could have on Egypt and its neighbours in the Middle East. We will be joined by experts on the region […]

From regime change in Tunisia, persistent calls for President Mubarak to step down in Egypt, and protests in Jordan and Syria to student demonstrations in Britain and unrest in Ireland, Greece and France – we are witnessing unprecedented revolt against power structures around the world. But are journalists equipped to understand the nature of these protests, what drives them and how they are organised?

Described as Australia’s ‘Inconvenient Truth’, Our Generation is the groundbreaking new documentary on Aboriginal rights – showing the struggle for freedom, land and culture.

An insight into the dark side of Italy’s TV culture in which the key to power is the possession of the image and the man who has kept control and domination for over three decades, Silvio Berlusconi.

“Whether we like it or not, cyber is going to be part of future warfare, just as tanks and aircraft are today. It’s a cultural change.” These were the words of General Sir David Richards, chief of the defence staff. Join us at the Frontline Club where we will be examining the claims about what has been described as the “fifth domain of warfare” and assessing the threats posed by states launching attacks against another’s military infrastructure, government and communications systems, and financial markets.

David E. Hoffman, who worked for 27 years as a reporter and editor at The Washington Post, will be at the Frontline Club to discuss the relationship between US president Ronald Reagan and Russian leader Mikhail Gorbachev and the dying days of the Cold War.

Through an in-depth and subtle, but thorough, portrait we see the multiple sides of Ronald Reagan’s political and personal life. Impressively balanced, and with commentators both from a stance of adoration and condemnation, Reagan presents a character study of one of the most prominent politicians of our time.

At February’s First Wednesday we will be bringing together a panel of experts to discuss the recent unrest in the Middle East since demonstrators in Tunisia ousted President Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali.
Following unrest in a number of North African and Middle East countries, the world’s attention is now on Egypt, where the next 48 hours are considered crucial in determining the future of this pivotal country.
We hope you will join us to discuss the remarkable events of recent weeks and on the nature of the changes that are taking place in Egypt and what they mean for the future of the region.

Although they are often ignored as a serious form of journalism, cartoons not only capture the flavour of a political era, they can provide some of the most enduring memories of politicians.
Cartoonist Martin Rowson will be speaking with Laurie Taylor at the Club about the power of satire, how he uses cartoons to create acerbic critiques of the world of politics and politicians and explaining how he goes about his work.

The Frontline Club is proud to present three independently produced short docs exposing the true cost of armed violence on people living in poverty in Burundi, India and Brazil. The films were produced with support from Oxfam and Drewstone Production as part of the “Shooting Poverty” film competition. Young directors were asked to submit their […]

On 30th January 1972 the British Army shot dead thirteen unarmed civilians on a civil rights march in Derry, Northern Ireland. Confidence in British justice evaporated among the victims’ families when Lord Widgery exonerated the soldiers and blighted the reputation of those killed and wounded. The film follows the families’ long search for the truth […]

Please join us for January’s Club Quiz with quizmaster David Dickinson.
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.

In the third of this series of events looking at aid and development we will be examining the often troubled relationship between the media and aid agencies. With an expert panel we will be discussing how the media and aid agencies work together and the problems that arise.

We are extremely pleased to be showing Bananas!* following their freedom of speech victory in the courts against Dole. In December 2010 a Los Angeles judge awarded $200k as punishment to Dole for filing a defamation lawsuit against the filmmakers. Bananas!* tells the shocking story of Juan “Accidentes” Domingue, a lawyer hired by twelve banana […]

THIS EVENT IS STRICTLY MEMBERS ONLY Members who would like to attend please contact events@frontlineclub.com. Following the Frontline Club’s involvement with WikiLeaks we would like to invite our members (only those that are paid-up) to join us for an evening at which Frontline Club founder Vaughan Smith will be in conversation with the chairman of […]

“Orphans are Africa’s tsunami” claims photographer Carol Allen Storey, who has documented the lives of orphans in Sub Saharan Africa. Two groups of children provide a focal point for her work. One, a gang of Ugandan youngsters known as the ‘Dustbin tribe’, live and play on a rubbish tip, the other, lucky enough to be in school in Tanzania, are marked out from their classmates with red badges to signify their HIV positive status.

A riveting documentary about the psychological effects of kidnapping on both the victims and kidnappers, My Kidnapper tells the story of Mark Henderson, who was held captive for 101 days in the Colombian jungle. Shaken after his release, Mark receives an email from his captor several months later; simultaneously, another hostage receives a friend request […]

  View in iTunes Rudolf Elmer, the man who blew the whistle on the conduct of Julius Baer Bank in the Cayman Islands for which he is set to stand trial in Zurich on 19th January for breaching Swiss bank secrecy laws, will be addressing the press at the Frontline Club on Monday from 11.15am. […]

With an admirable amount of observational objectivity, Battle for Barking explores the run up to the 2010 General Election in Barking, a former stronghold for the fiercely conservative British National Party headed by Nick Griffin. Campaigning against Labour candidate Margaret Hodge, Griffin and the rest of the BNP grant unprecedented access to director Laura Fairrie […]

In 1961 Wilbert Rideau was a nineteen year old African-American living in Louisiana, the deep south of segregated America. An eighth-grade dropout despaired by the dead-end and small-town future his life held for him he set out to rob a local bank. The robbery went very wrong and Rideau found himself sentenced to death row. Award winning journalist Wilbert Rideau will be joining us at the Frontline Club in conversation with Afua Hirsch, the Guardian’s legal affairs correspondent to recount his extraordinary story and the work he now does educating people about the realities of the world behind bars.