Human Rights

Female Documentarians, Journalists Under Increased Threat in Iran + Israel

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While the war has pulled focus on media suppression to Ukraine and Russia, journalists in the Middle East have experienced a worrying uptick in repression and state-sponsored violence since the start of May. In Iran, at least four female documentarians and one photo journalist were arrested as part of an apparent attempt to tamp down […]

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Hunger Ward Gets Oscar Nod, MTV Pick-up – Highlights Empathy In Ethical Filmmaking

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A heartfelt congratulations to SDFF alum Skye Fitzgerald, whose deeply humanistic observational doc, Hunger Ward: The Last Hope Against War and Starvation, was recently shortlisted for an Academy Award® for live-action documentary short. A visceral and intensely emotional document of a doctor and nurse attempting to save starving Yemeni children, the film gives a human

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