Tyneside Cinema and Amnesty International present one-off screening of investigative documentary Dirty Wars with live panel discussion
Dirty Wars (15)
One-off screening plus live panel discussion
Tyneside Cinema, Pilgrim Street, Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, NE1 6QG Tuesday 3 December, 17:45
Newcastle’s Tyneside Cinema is delighted to present a one-off screening of the hard-hitting documentary Dirty Wars about America’s controversial counter-terror operations on Tuesday 3 December. The screening will be followed by a live panel discussion hosted by Amnesty International featuring the film’s producer Brenda Coughlin and Christo Hird, the managing editor of the Bureau of Investigative Journalism, who will be discussing the issues addressed in the documentary.
Based on the critically acclaimed book by investigative journalist Jeremy Scahill, Dirty Wars breaks the silence surrounding the USA’s Joint Special Operations Command, a covert military department responsible for secret missions in the War on Terror.
Dirty Wars has been nominated for awards at film festivals around the world, and won the prestigious Sundance Film Festival award for Best Cinematography in a Documentary earlier this year. The film is an alarming depiction of America’s foreign policy in the Middle East, and sees Scahill meet with Special Forces operators and military generals who talk on-camera about covert night raids, assassination attempts and drone strikes carried out in Afghanistan, Somalia and Yemen.
Jonny Tull, Cinema Programme Manager for Tyneside Cinema said, “Tyneside Cinema is proud to present this remarkable film which sheds light on the secrets lurking in the American special operation forces, and we’re very pleased to give our audiences the chance to hear from Brenda and Christo after the film.”
Brenda Coughlin is a film producer and co-founder of the non-profit companies the Civic Bakery and Voices of a People’s History. She works with organisations and foundations to support education and social justice programmes throughout the USA, and produced the critically acclaimed The People Speak documentaries.
Before joining the Bureau of Investigative Journalism in January 2013, filmmaker and journalist Christo Hird worked as deputy editor of the New Statesman and editor of Insight in the Sunday Times. He was also joint managing director of independent television company, Fulcrum TV, and started the documentary company Dartmouth Films.
Tickets for Dirty Wars on Tuesday 3 December at 17:45 are on sale now and are available in person from the Tyneside Cinema Box Office, by telephone on 0845 217 9909 or online at www.tynesidecinema.co.uk.
