Video for Change

Sam Gregory

ISBN 10: 0745324126 / ISBN 13: 9780745324128

Editore: Pluto Press, 2005

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Riassunto:

--This is the first ever comprehensive practical guide to human rights and video campaigning-- Pictures from Abu Ghraib showed the power of the amateur image to grab the world's attention. The Asian tsunami, caught on camcorder, brought home the reality

Informazioni sugli autori: Sam Gregory is the Programme Director at WITNESS, a project that trains and supports activists around the world to use video safely, ethically, and effectively to expose human rights abuse. He also teaches on human rights and participatory media as an Adjunct Lecturer at the Harvard Kennedy School and is the co-editor of Video for Change (Pluto, 2005).

Gillian Caldwell is a campaigner, lawyer and CEO at Global Witness. She is the co-editor of Video for Change (Pluto, 2005).

Ronit Avni is a filmmaker, human rights advocate and the founder of Just Vision, a non-profit organisation that documents and creates media about Palestinian and Israeli grassroots leaders involved in peacebuilding. She is the co-editor of Video for Change (Pluto, 2005).

Thomas Harding is the best-selling author of Hanns and Rudolf (2013), and the co-founder of Undercurrents, Britain's first video news service. He is a leading voice in international video activism and has written for the Independent, Guardian, New Statesman and New Internationalist. He is the co-editor of Video for Change (Pluto, 2005) and The Video Activist Handbook (Pluto, 2001).


 

WITNESS has partnered with groups in more than 60 countries, bringing often unseen images & untold stories to the attention of key decision makers, the media & the general public. Editors & contributors include Thomas Harding (author -The Video Activist Handbook), Gillian Caldwell (producer - ‘Bought and Sold’ & Executive Director - WITNESS), Katerina Cizek (producer -‘Seeing is Believing: Handicams, Human Rights & the News’), Sukanya Pillay (former Program Coord. WITNESS) & Joanna Duchesne (long-time producer - Amnesty International), Sam Gregory (WITNESS) & Ronit Avni (Just Vision Project).

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Titolo: Video for Change
Casa editrice: Pluto Press
Data di pubblicazione: 2005
Legatura: PAP
Condizione: New