Across Oceans Among Colleagues The Committee to Protect Journalists

Summary: The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) advocates for journalists who struggle around the world to tell the stories important to their communities. This film chronicles CPJ's work in the Middle East during 2001-2002, in the aftermath of 9/11. It focuses on Mazen Dana, a Palestinian cameraperson for Reuters who is the first cameraperson to receive a CPJ Press Freedom Award for his work covering Hebron; he returns to Hebron after receiving his award. After the production of this documentary, Mazen Dana was killed by U.S. soldiers in Baghdad in August, 2003. For more on his story and on the role of Palestinian journalists in the production of U.S. news, see the ethnography Back Stories: U.S. News and Palestinian Politics (Stanford University Press, 2013), also by Amahl Bishara.

Record details

Physical Description: 1 online resource (1 video file (31 min.44 sec.)) : sound, color.
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electronic resource
Publisher: [Place of publication not identified] : Amahl Bishara,, [2015]
Distributor: New York, N.Y. : distributed by Films Media Group, 2015.

Content descriptions

General Note:	CatMonthString:september.15 Multi-User. Streaming video file encoded with permission for digital streaming by Films Media Group on February 13, 2015.
Formatted Contents Note:	Journalists Attacked (1:20) -- Attempted Assassination (1:41) -- Working Under Threat (3:46) -- November 13, 2001 (2:04) -- National Press Club (3:05) -- November 20, 2001 (1:55) -- International Press Freedom Awards (4:09) -- Protecting Journalists (3:31) -- Journalistic Dangers (2:36) -- West Bank Hostilities (1:46) -- April 20, 2002 (2:14) -- Credits: Across Oceans Among Colleagues: The Committee to Protect Journalists (2:17)
Restrictions on Access Note:	Access requires authentication through Films on Demand.
Target Audience Note:	10 & up.
System Details Note:	System requirements: FOD playback platform.
Language Note:	Closed-captioned.
Source of Description Note:	Title from distributor's description (Films Media Group, July 3, 2015).