#Occupy, Film Africa and the craft of the foreign correspondent

Julie Tomlin — Tue, 01 Nov 2011 12:26:25 +0000

As protesters outside St Paul’s are served with a legal warning to clear the area within 48 hours, join us tomorrow evening to discuss the motives and objectives of the global occupy movement.

The first of our Film Africa screenings, celebrating the best African fiction and documentary films across the continent, is El Problema, while on Friday Sorious Samura and Anas Aremeyaw Anas will be at Frontline Club for the launch of Africa Investigates.

Next week we will be joined by The Guardian‘s Jonathan Steele to discuss the craft of the foreign correspondent and a 40-year career that has seen him cover events across the world.

Don’t forget to join us for our November Club Quiz on Thursday evening.

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Announcing November events at the Frontline Club

Julie Tomlin — Thu, 13 Oct 2011 14:31:59 +0000

From a series of films focusing on Africa to a discussion with Sky News’ Alex Crawford about her career and recent reporting in Libya, we have a wide range of talks lined up to keep you entertained and your mind stimulated this November, as winter approaches and the nights draw in.

We will be discussing Kashmir’s future, the changing role of the foreign correspondent with The Guardian‘s Jonathan Steele, torture and the Arab Spring, and the coming presidential elections in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

A series of Film Africa documentaries look at the people of the Western Sahara and a community of women living in exile after being accused of witchcraft. There’s a film about the street vendor Mohammed Bouazizi who, by setting himself on fire, sparked an uprising in Tunisia, and another tells the story of the brother of Private McKinley Nolan and his quest to find out the truth about what happened to the missing G.I.s in Vietnam.

Following on from this month’s #fcbbca discussion on Israel, we will be discussing women and the Arab Spring at Westminster College’s Paddington Green Campus. The focus of our November First Wednesday discussion will be announced on Wednesday 26 October.

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#Occupy, Film Africa and the craft of the foreign correspondent

Announcing November events at the Frontline Club