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Showing 1 - 10 of 17 titles with a criteria of Subject is Radio and Television
Al Jazeera
A behind-the-scenes look at Al Jazeera, the most important television news channel in the Arab world. ** Viewer's Choice, 2003 Middle East Studies Association FilmFest **
Icarus Films | 2002 | 52 minutes
The Battle for the Arab Viewer
A behind-the-scenes look at the rivalry between the Arab world's two main TV networks - Al Jazeera and Al Arabiya.
Icarus Films | 2011 | 48 minutes
Burma VJ
Beyond the occasional news clip from Burma, the acclaimed filmmaker Anders Østergaard, brings us close to Burma’s video journalists who insist on keeping up the flow of news from their closed country despite risking torture and life in jail. Armed with small handycams they make their undercover reportages, smuggle the material out of the country, and broadcast back into Burma via satellite or offered as free usage for international media.
First Hand Films | 2009 | 85 minutes
CBQM
Citizen-run radio station CQBM, serving remote areas of northern Canada, stitches together the far-flung communities.
National Film Board of Canada | 2009 | 66 minutes
Disco and Atomic War
The Soviet regime in Estonia went head to head with J.R. Ewing and the heroes of Western television...and lost.
Icarus Films | 2009 | 80 minutes
In the Rumbling Belly of Motherland
Filmed as the U.S. planned for its September 2021 withdrawal of troops, IN THE RUMBLING BELLY OF MOTHERLAND documents an inspiring female-led news agency in Kabul, Afghanistan.
Women Make Movies | 2021 | 83 minutes
K-Town '92
Twenty-five years after the 1992 civil unrest in Los Angeles, reporters of color reflect on their contributions to the news coverage of the historic event
GOOD DOCS | 2017 | 15 minutes
Prime Time in the Camps
Chris Marker's documentary about a group of Bosnian refugees who produce their own news show inside their camp.
Icarus Films | 1993 | 28 minutes
Seeing is Believing
From Rodney King to Osama bin Laden, handicams aren't just for weddings and vacations anymore!
Icarus Films | 2002 | 58 minutes
Starting Fire with Gunpowder
Chronicles the origins and achievements of the Inuit Broadcasting Corporation (IBC), a model for aboriginal broadcasters the world over.
Icarus Films | 1991 | 59 minutes