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Screening: Orphans of Burma's Cyclone

Thu 24 Jun, 7pm

Price: £10 (Early Booking £8)

Followed by a Q&A with Director/Producer Evan Williams and Executive Producer Siobhan Sinnerton.
Filmed covertly over the course of a year by Burmese cameramen, who risked an instant 30-year jail sentence if caught, Orphans of Burma's Cyclone exposes the official intransigence of one of the world's most brutal and secretive regimes and reveals what day-to-day life is like for the ordinary people of Burma.


Screening: Africa Rising

Fri 25 Jun, 7pm

Price: £10 (Early Booking £8)


Followed by a Q&A with Director Jamie Doran. A controversial and colourful one-hour documentary, Africa Rising highlights the failure of Western policies and asks if it's time to reconsider the role of Western aid workers on the continent.


Sunday Screening: War Games and the Man Who Stopped Them

Sun 27 Jun, 4pm

Price: £10 (Early Booking £8)

Followed by a Q&A with Director Dariusz Jabłoński.
This is a story about a man historians consider the most important spy of the Cold War. The main character of Dariusz Jabloński's new documentary is Ryszard Kukliński, a colonel in headquarters of the Polish Army who between 1972 and 1981 handed over more than 40 thousand pages of the top secret Warsaw Pact documents to the West.


Tokyo Vice: Yakuza, Murder and Crime Reporting in Japan

Mon 28 Jun, 7pm

Price: £12.50 (Early Booking £10)

The Japan we know from films and TV is one of tradition, high technology and pop culture. But as with every nation, something more sinister lies beneath the bright lights of Sony and Nintendo. With an expert panel including Jake Adelsteain author of Tokyo Vice, we'll investigate the problem of organised crime in Japan and cast a light on the media's reporting of it.


Insight with Gary Younge: Who are we - and should it matter?

Tue 29 Jun, 7pm

Price: £12.50 (Early Booking £10)

Gary Younge and Afua Hirsch of the Guardian will be discussing his new book Who Are We - and Should it Matter in the 21st Century? which takes in Sarah Palin, Tiger Woods and the Danish cartoon controversy and calls for the differences between us to be talked about "properly".


NEW: Special Preview Screening - Out of the Ashes

Fri 2nd July 7pm

Price: £10 (Early Booking £8)

Followed by a Q&A with Director Tim Albone and Afghan Cricket Coach Taj Malik
An inspirational documentary following the extraordinary quest of the Afghan cricket team to qualify for the 2011 World Cup. Against a backdrop of war and poverty, Out of the Ashes, traces the remarkable journey of a team of young Afghans as they chase a seemingly impossible dream.



Screenings

June


Thu 24/6/10, 7pm
Orphans of Burma's Cyclone
Fri 25/6/10, 7pm
Africa Rising
Sun 27/6/10, 4pm
War Games and the Man Who Stopped Them

July


Sun 4/7/10 4pm
Screening - Stalin Thought of You
Fri 9/7/10 7pm
Screening - For Neda
Sun 18/7/10 4pm
Screening - Dirty Little Secrets
Sun 25/7/10 4pm
Screening - Plunder: The Crime of Our Time
Mon 26/7/10 7pm
Screening - Sergio


Talks



Mon 28/6/10, 7pm
Tokyo Vice: Yakuza, Murder and Crime Reporting in Japan
Tue 29/6/10, 7pm
Gary Younge: Who are we - and should it matter?




Tue 6/7/10 7pm
Sri Lanka: could the West do more about human rights and press freedom?
Tue 13/7/10 7pm
The Politics of Oil
Wed 14/7/10 7pm
Crossing the streams: is PR becoming more like journalism?
Mon 19/7/10 8.20pm
Reflections: Jon Snow
Tue 20/7/10 7pm
The Bush Dynasty, America's Invisible Government, and the Hidden History of the Last Fifty Years
Wed 28/7/10 7pm
Israel Palestine: Combatants for Peace

Special events

Thu 24/6/10, 7pm
Club Quiz
Fri  23/7/10, 7pm
Rebecca Peyton: 'Sometimes I Laugh Like My Sister'
Mon 12/7/10, 7pm
The Channel 4 BritDoc Foundation & Frontline present - Documentary Matchmaking



 


Sunday Screening - War Games and The Man Who Stopped Them

This is a story about a man whom historians consider as the most important spy of the Cold War.
June 27th 4pm
Followed by a Q&A with Director Dariusz Jabłoński

Storytelling & Scriptwriting Saturday Course

A one-day workshop on understanding the craft skills needed for clear and fluent scriptwriting. The workshop will concentrate on storytelling for news and feature writing in television and radio.
Jun 26th - 1 Day - Full Price £50/ Freelance rate £30
email training@frontlineclub.com

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