| When: | Back to Calendar » September 10, 2012 (all-day) | |
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| Where: | Downtown Chattanooga YMCA 301 W 6th St Chattanooga,TN 37402 USA |
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| Cost: | Free | |
| Contact: | Sannah Parker 423-894-8927 sannah@chattanoogafilmsociety.org |
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| Categories: | CFS | |
Downtown Chattanooga YMCA
September 10, 2012 at 6:30pm
301 West 6th St.
Chattanooga, TN 37402
The Chattanooga Film Society & Mise En Scenesters are screening a selection of documentary films from the acclaimed POV series featured on public television. The POV series has been running on PBS affiliated television stations for over 25 years. This is your chance to see these films in a way they have never been presented before to viewers in Chattanooga.
The film Reportero follows a veteran reporter and his colleagues at Zeta, a Tijuana-based independent newsweekly, as they stubbornly ply their trade in one of the deadliest places in the world for members of the media. In Mexico, more than 40 journalists have been slain or have vanished since December 2006, when President Felipe Calderón came to power and launched a government offensive against the country’s powerful drug cartels and organized crime.
Many reporters, including those at Zeta, have been slain for reporting on such crimes as drug trafficking, the violence and murders involved in the drug trafficking business, and most importantly, the government officials directly involved in the crimes. The filmmaker’s liaison into this dangerous world of Mexican journalism is ex-Zeta reporter Sergio Haro, who says, “It’s easier to look the other way and not cover this issue, but in the end, you would become another accomplice. For the rest of my life, I only want to be a reporter.”
An Official Selection of the 2012 Full Frame Documentary Film Festival. A co-production of Quiet Pictures, ITVS, and Latino Public Broadcasting with funding provided by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. A co-presentation with Latino Public Broadcasting.
