Encounters, Africa’s premier documentary festival in Cape Town and Johannesburg

Bahrain: Shouting in the Dark, which is screening as part of Encounters’ Al Jazeera English showcase, won the International Television and Radio Prize at Amnesty International’s UK Media Awards last week. The controversial documentary is about the 2011 Arab revolution that was abandoned by the Arabs, forsaken by the West and forgotten by the world. It also won The Foreign Press Association Documentary of the Year, the George Polk Award... Read More