Archive for ‘Blog’
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Forgotten Bird of Paradise to be screened on Australia’s National Indigenous TV
I’m happy to announce that agreement has been reached for Forgotten Bird of Paradise to be screened on Australia’s National Indigenous TV (one of SBS’s ...
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La Badil receives official selection for Human Rights Film Festival of Barcelona
My documentary on the independence struggle in Western Sahara has received official selection for Human Rights Film Festival of Barcelona 2013. La Badil’s screening date/time ...
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Native Spirit Film Festival
I’ll be showing undercover West Papua documentary Forgotten Bird of Paradise and doing a Q&A along with West Papua independence leader Benny Wenda on the opening ...
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La Badil
I’ve just finished a new documentary about the rarely reported struggle for self-determination being fought by the indigenous Sahrawi people of Western Sahara.
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Oslo Freedom Forum
Last week I was privileged to attend the Oslo Freedom Forum, described by the Economist as the “Davos of Human Rights”. I travelled to Oslo with one ...
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King Arthur documentary
I’m currently co-producing a documentary about the life and times of a modern day Druid King, Arthur Pendragon. One of the UK’s most colourful characters, ...
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Tony Blair’s silence on Libya is deafening
It was a scene that will go down in history. A smartly suited Tony Blair standing alongside Libya’s dictator Colonel Gaddafi in the first high ...
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Film award for undercover West Papua documentary
I’m delighted to share news that my first film, Forgotten Bird of Paradise, has been awarded the Best Documentary award at the Dam Short Film ...
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West Papua deserves Barack Obama’s attention
Originally published in The Guardian In his autobiography Dreams from My Father, Barack Obama recalls a conversation with his stepfather who had just returned home ...
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Russia silences the Khimki forest defenders
The arrest of two men in Russia following their participation in a campaign to halt construction of a Moscow to St Petersburg highway through the ...
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BP continues to drown under the sludge of its ill-fated social media campaign
It’s incredible to think that nearly three months after the BP oil platform exploded and sank off the coast of Louisiana, thousands of gallons of ...
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West Papuan tribespeople appeal to British Prime Minister David Cameron to help
Thousands of people across West Papua have started holding rallies calling on the British Prime Minister David Cameron to help them in their independence struggle ...
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Indigenous Resistance – generation bass unites
Musicians including Adrian Sherwood, Skip McDonald, Dr Das and Zimbi have come together for a new release on the superb Indigenous Resistance record label to ...
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Did Live Aid fund the Ethiopian arms trade?
Allegations that millions of pounds raised for famine relief through the Live Aid concert of 1985, ended up in the hands of rebels who then ...
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Uncertain times ahead for Abbey Road recording studios
Reports circulating suggest an uncertain future for Abbey Road, with its current owners EMI looking to sell the world famous recording studios. The studios became ...
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Tony Blair’s parting shot on Iraq War is the ultimate insult to humanity
War criminal. Mass murderer. Son of Satan. These were some of the slogans on placards outside the Huyton Inquiry in London last week as the ...
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Google’s bitter dose of Chinese medicine
So internet search giant Google has announced that it may end operations in China as a result of alleged breaches of the email accounts of ...
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British Government’s double standards on China’s human rights record
The summoning of the Chinese ambassador Fu Ying to the UK Foreign Office in London to explain the execution of British national Akmal Shaikh, sheds ...
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Winter solstice marks a new dawn in the growth of Paganism
Hundreds of people including druids and pagans flocked to Stonehenge in Wiltshire yesterday to celebrate the winter solstice. Over 600 people were at the monument, ...
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Afghanistan – a war that can never be won
News that the 100th British soldier has died in action in Afghanistan this year, once again turns the spotlight on a conflict that seems destined ...
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Roman Polanski case
It’s interesting following developments in the on-off extradition of the Polish film director Roman Polanski. Wanted in the US on charges of having unlawful sex ...
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Standing in solidarity with the people of West Papua
Today, thousands of people across West Papua will take to the streets to mark their country’s independence day – 1st December 1961. It was the ...