She is Malala
Davis Guggenheim’s documentary portrait does not contain much new information, but enables us to get to know the activist, teenager and phenomenon that is Malala Yousafzai.
Mustafa Dzhemilev: Russian nuclear weapons in Crimea?
Former political prisoner and dissident Mustafa Dzhemilev speaks to Modern Times about the occupation of Crimea, his relationship with Russia and why he received the Nansen Medal. Today, he is the political leader for the ethnic group of 280,000 Crimean Tatars.
RAPHAEL SCHUTZ: Being the Israeli Ambassador to Norway
The background for this interview were six, quite insistent, emails from the Israel Embassy in Norway, to end their Modern Times subscription, and have the remaining amount refunded. This led me to believe that the Embassy did not want to read the criticism directed at Israel in our columns. I wrote a Facebook comment about this; hinting at this totalitarian attitude, evident in completely ignoring all forms of criticism.
ODD KARSTEN TVEIT: A Chaos of lies
What is it like to have lived a life as a reporter and correspondent for the Norwegian National Broadcaster, NRK? In connection with his new book De Skyldige (The Guilty Ones), we speak with him about Norway’s friendship with Israel, about the massacre in Sabra and Shatila, and about Norwegian diplomacy.
DRONES: A Little Piece of Norway
The threshold for killing someone is lower when you do not have to see those you kill. New leaks reveal the brutality of the US drone programme.
Syria, between Aleppo and Paris
Beyond the violence: Silvered Water, Syria Self-Portrait is a poetic depiction of Syrian suffering.
Radikalisation is about pain
EXTREMISM: In Jihad, Deeyah Khan enables young men and woman who have experience from extremist organisations to speak.
The language of rebellion
Concerning violence is one of the best films I have even seen on repression and rebellion.
The invention of terror
The FBI observers and those observed – we watch them both in (T)error. This makes the film unique and a vital contemporary documentary.
The number of dead in Congo is close to Holocaust
Modern Times Documentary: Some 5.4 million dead. Hundreds of thousands of women raped, and millions forced out of their homes. These are just some of the consequences of the Congolese mineral conflict in the last ten or twenty years.
Critique 2: Knowledge and Power
Laura Poitras’ Oscar-winning documentary offers a unique insight into Edward Snowdens historic whistle-blowing.