Press Release — In celebration of World Press
Freedom Day, UNESCO, in partnership with Ma3mal 612, is hosting the screenings
of four documentaries to raise awareness on the importance of press
freedom and to highlight the challenges faced by journalists around the world.
The screenings will take place over four evenings at the Ma3mal 612 in
Lweibdeh from Wed 3rd May – until Sun 7th May (with
Friday off). Each screening will be followed by discussions with journalists,
filmmakers, and human rights activists.
اضافة اعلان
This year’s theme, “Freedom of
expression as a driver of other freedoms and human rights, “signifies the
enabling element of freedom of expression to enjoy and protect all other human
rights.
This
year’s special 30th-anniversary celebration of the World Press
Freedom Day is a call to recenter press freedom, as well as independent,
pluralistic, and diverse media, as the necessary key to the enjoyment of all
other human rights. This anniversary coincides with the 30th anniversary of the Vienna Conference and its Declaration and Programe of
Action on Human Rights, which established important institutions
safeguarding human rights, and with the 75th anniversary of the
Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
In addition to the film screenings,
UNESCO, in partnership with Ma3mal 612, is also organizing an intensive one-day workshop for young filmmakers and
emerging screenwriters wishing to broaden their understanding of the role of
films in advancing human rights and promoting freedom of expression.
Throughout the interactive session,
journalists, human rights advocates, and filmmaking experts will share ideas
with 20 young film enthusiasts and foster participatory and critical thinking
on urgent freedom of expression issues and how they impact the realization of
other human rights. The workshop’s ultimate goal is to encourage young
screenwriters and filmmakers to write, develop and produce films on the topic
and issues of freedom of expression.
To attend the World Press Freedom Day film screenings, please
reserve your ticket through the link:
https://www.eventbrite.com/o/ma3mal-612-64841222423
Film screenings day one, Endangered, is a 2022 documentary on an investigation of threats against
journalists in the United States and internationally, from intimidation to
physical.
Film screening day two, The
Journey is the Destination, is a 2016 film inspired by the true story of Dan Eldon, a
charismatic young activist, artist, photographer, and adventurer. Dan
Eldon, who was only 22 when he was chased down and killed by an angry mob in
Somalia.
Film screening day three, The Cost
of Freedom: Refugee Journalists in Canada, is a 2021 film that focuses on the lives
of three journalists from Syria, México, and Turkey, exploring the reasons that
each person fled their country and how and why they chose to rebuild their
lives as refugees in Canada.
The film screening day four, Al Jazeera journalist Shireen
Abu Akleh was reporting from the Jenin refugee camp in the occupied West Bank
when an Israeli soldier shot and killed her. In The Killing of Shireen Abu
Akleh, Fault Lines spoke with witnesses from that day (May 11, 2022) and
asked the White House and State Department whether the US will investigate
Shireen Abu Akleh shooting.
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