Introduction Who’ll Stop the Rain is a 1978 American crime film directed by Karel Reisz and starring Nick Nolte, Tuesday Weld, Michael Moriarty, and Anthony Zerbe. The screenplay was by Judith Rascoe and Robert Stone, based on Stone’s novel Dog Soldiers (1974). Outline The film opens in Saigon at the height of the Vietnam War.… Read More
Introduction In 2012, Sunday Times war correspondent, Marie Colvin and photographer, Paul Conroy arrived in Syria to tell the story of civilians trapped in Homs, a city under siege and relentless military attack from the Syrian army. Outline On 13 February 2012 war-correspondent Marie Colvin and photographer Paul Conroy entered war-ravaged Syria to cover the… Read More
Introduction Vogue model, artist’s muse, fearless war photographer: Lee Miller had many lives. Built on images of Lee and by Lee, the documentary explores a pioneering female artist who broke taboos and defied expectations. Originally known as Lee Miller – A Life on the Front Line. Outline Best known for her self-portrait in Hitler’s bath,… Read More
Introduction A Private War is a 2018 American biographical drama film directed by Matthew Heineman, and starring Rosamund Pike as journalist Marie Colvin. The film is based on the 2012 article Marie Colvin’s Private War in Vanity Fair by Marie Brenner. The film was written by Arash Amel and features Jamie Dornan, Tom Hollander and… Read More
Introduction Viper Club is a 2018 American drama film directed by Maryam Keshavarz and starring Susan Sarandon. The film was produced by YouTube Premium in association with CounterNarrative and MaraKesh Films and held its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival on 10 September 2018. Outline Viper Club follows a veteran emergency room nurse… Read More
Introduction Deadline Gallipoli is an Australian television drama mini-series, first screened on Foxtel’s Showcase channel on 19 and 20 April 2015. Outline Presented by Sam Worthington, this documentary takes a looki at the crucial role that war correspondents played in helping bring an end to the ill fated Gallipoli campaign. Deadline Gallipoli Series Part 01.… Read More
Introduction Deadline Gallipoli is an Australian television drama mini-series, first screened on Foxtel’s Showcase channel on 19 and 20 April 2015. Outline After witnessing the futile brutality of Gallipoli for months, the journalists are determined to get the truth out about the disastrous campaign. Cast Joel Jackson as Charles Bean. Sam Worthington as Phillip Schuler.… Read More
Introduction Deadline Gallipoli is an Australian television drama mini-series, first screened on Foxtel’s Showcase channel on 19 and 20 April 2015. Outline Three journalists land with the troops at Gallipoli in 1915, but are forbidden to report on the catastrophic campaign unfolding before them. Cast Joel Jackson as Charles Bean. Sam Worthington as Phillip Schuler.… Read More
Introduction Deadline Gallipoli is an Australian television drama mini-series, first screened on Foxtel’s Showcase channel on 19 and 20 April 2015. Outline The two-part series explores the Gallipoli Campaign from the point of view of war correspondents Ellis Ashmead-Bartlett, Charles Bean, Keith Murdoch, and Phillip Schuler. The series is accompanied by the 2015 documentary, Deadline… Read More
Introduction This is the WWI story of Captain Fred Roberts who found a printing press in the ruins of Ypres and started publishing the satirical journal, `The Wipers Times’, that went on to become a huge success. Outline It is 1916 and British Captain Fred Roberts (Ben Chaplin, The Thin Red Line) and his detachment… Read More
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