Past Events and Screenings

A special event about reporting from Vietnam with some of the giants of war reporting including Jon Swain, Michael Nicholson and Patrick Chauvel.

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.

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?

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Download this episode View in iTunes 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: […]

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 […]

View in iTunes 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 […]

View in iTunes 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 […]

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

Part 1 Part 2 View in iTunes 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 […]

Part 1 Part 2 View in iTunes 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 […]