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Why Poverty? documentary series: Education Education
Along with many things in communist China, access to higher education is the priveledge of a relative few. Weijun Chen directed a documentary highlighting the realities of Chinese education, where despite a booming middle-class, a degree far from guarantees a job. Part of the Why Poverty? series of documentaries screening all over the world, the film examines how inequality permeates education in China and how the poor are made to pay the price. … Read entire article »
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Why Poverty? documentary series: Solar Mamas
An uneducated Bedouin mother from the Jordanian desert gets the chance to study to become a solar engineer, bringing power her community. However, learning about electrical components without being able to read, write or understand English is the easy part because taking up this opportunity means she can lose everything, including her children. Hazel Pfeifer reviews Why Poverty? documentary Solar Mamas (screening at IDFA under the name Rafea: Solar Mama). … Read entire article »
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Why Poverty? documentary series: Land Rush
In the stampede on Africa for oil, diamonds, minerals and natural resources, Mali has a lower-octane but equally valuable asset; agricultural land. In a new documentary, entitled Land Rush, directors Hugo Berkeley and Osvalde Lewat explore how it is possible that despite this tangible wealth the country and its farmers still live in poverty. … Read entire article »
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Level Playing Field
As the saying goes, some of us are more equal than others. A new documentary called The Spirit Level is set to explore how our unequal society is damaging us all. Hazel Pfeifer talks to filmmaker Katharine Round about her labour of love. … Read entire article »
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Review: The Price of Sex
The shocking masterpiece of Bulgarian filmmaker Mimi Chakarova explores the seedy world of sex trafficking through the eyes of survivors. Hazel Pfeifer reviews The Price of Sex. … Read entire article »
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Breaking the Seal
There are documentaries that push boundaries, and then there are those that put lives at risk. Within 5 seconds of airing The Ayatollah’s Seal on Persian airwaves, the Iranian government had jammed the transmition. A sign for BBC Persian’s director Bozorgmehr Sharafedin that something was seriously wrong. He knew the repression of the media by the regime was nothing new, and indeed, on that same night of broadcasting the documentary, the government arrested five independent Iranian filmmakers … Read entire article »
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Ethical dilemmas while researching your film
Revelation after revelation of how journalists pursuit a story have come out in the past couple of weeks to shock us all, as Lord Leveson appears to leave no stone unturned. But the lessons that can be learnt are not merely for broadcast or print journalists. How far can you go as a filmmaker? How do you deal with ethical dilemmas when faced with a great documentary opportunity? … Read entire article »
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