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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