FRONTLINE and the Human Rights Watch Film Festival present a special discussion forum with award-winning journalist Maria Ressa on the freedom of the press, human rights, and the importance of empowering and informing citizens within democratic societies.
Ressa, the chief executive of independent news site Rappler, was recently served her 10th arrest warrant and is currently facing jail time under a cyber libel law.
She is the subject of "A Thousand Cuts," a FRONTLINE documentary, that chronicles her embattled journey as the top target of Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte, who has cracked down on news reporters critical of his brutal war on drugs.
Ressa was the recent recipient of the “Truth to Power Award,” given by the International Documentary Association, which recognizes individuals who display “uncompromising fortitude, tenacity and resoluteness while holding those in power to account.”
Join Ressa, who leads this special conversation on the importance of speaking truth to power and its impact on democracies affected by authoritarian leadership.
FEATURED SPEAKERS:
Maria Ressa: CEO & Executive Editor, Rappler
Ramona Diaz: Film Director, "A Thousand Cuts"
Carlos Conde: Researcher, Asia Division, Human Rights Watch
Nani Jansen Reventlow: Founding Director, Digital Freedom Fund, and Advisor at the Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society, Harvard University
The event will feature clips from "A Thousand Cuts" — a film that goes inside the escalating war between the Philippine government and the press, and follows Ressa and her reporters’ efforts to hold the government to account.
Watch "A Thousand Cuts" here: https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/film/a-thousand-cuts/
Photocredit: FRONTLINE
This virtual event will begin at 10am Eastern Standard Time.
GBH encourages you to use Zoom Webinar to watch for this event. Zoom is free to the public but you will need to download it to your computer first. You can download Zoom here. If you already have Zoom, you will not need to download the platform again.
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