The War You Don't See

Wed Mar 06, 2013

20:00

Location

The Shoe Factory
304 Ermou Street
Nicosia, Nicosia

Description

Following his award-winning documentary The War on Democracy, John Pilger’s The War You Don't See is a powerful and timely investigation into the media’s role in war. The film traces the history of "embedded" and independent reporting from the carnage of World War I to the destruction of Hiroshima, and from the invasion of Vietnam to the war in Afghanistan. As weapons and propaganda are ever more sophisticated, the very nature of war has developed into an "electronic battlefield". But who is the real enemy today? Starting his career as a journalist in his native Australia before moving to London, John Pilger has been the recipient of multiple awards, including Britain’s highest award for journalism, twice, and television academy awards in both the UK and the US. He has been a foreign correspondent and frontline war reporter, and is a regular contributor to international media, including the ITV Network, the Guardian and the New Statesman. An incisive and rare critic of Western economic and military power, Pilger’s humane eyewitness reporting has been described as "a unique presence on British television that explores where others dare not go".

Cast:
Julian Assange
Stuart Ewen
Mark Curtis
Melvin Goodman

Director: Alan Lowery, John Pilger
Writer: John Pilger
Runtime: 97 min
Genre: Documentary
Language: English
Production Year: 2010

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