The Why Foundation
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Danish documentarian Mette Hoffmann Meyer to receive honorary Emmy
Renowned Danish documentary producer and founder of THE WHY Foundation, Mette Hoffmann Meyer, will be honoured with an Honorary #Emmy for her extensive contributions to the documentary industry. The ceremony, set to take place on September 26th at the Palladium Times Square in New York, will see Hoffmann Meyer become the first Dane to receive…
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The WHY Foundation to curate over 50 fact-based documentaries to Russian speakers across the globe
THE WHY Foundation has launched a new project to provide reliable, fact-based information to Russian speakers. The organization will release 50 carefully chosen documentaries, dubbed in Russian, on its YouTube channel over the next few months. The films cover topics directly affecting Russian-speaking citizens, such as #corruption, #war, children’s and women’s rights, #LGBTQ+ issues, and…
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The Why Foundation looks at international criminal justice problems with new campaign
In over 100 countries, prison systems currently operate well above official capacity, while mass incarceration generates significant profits for private companies in many of them. In others, women are imprisoned for fleeing #domestic violence#, #forced marriage#, and #rape. With such persistent issues surrounding global #criminal justice#, The Why Foundation has launched its «Caught in the…
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The WHY launches Arabic language Youtube channel
THE WHY has recently launched a new YouTube channel dedicated to the more than 400 million Arabic-speaking people of the world. Over the past months, 10 films from its WHY STORIES catalogue were donated to the channel, and will soon be available online, fully dubbed in Arabic. THE WHY Foundations’ WHY STORIES is a series…
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2021 FIFDH announces 16 documentary selections for 3rd Impact Day Lab
The 3rd edition of the Geneva International Film Festival and Forum on Human Rights (FIFDH) Impact Day will take place as an online workshop on 27-28 January 2021 and in a hybrid event taking place on 8-9 March both in #Geneva and online. After the online workshop, the selected films’ teams will then present their…
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When maids are slaves
SLAVERY: The desperate struggle for justice in a country with no labour laws protecting foreign domestic workers.
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Why? Food waste, reproductive rights, and claiming the ultimate truth
THE WHY: Three shorts made over the years that are just as relevant today.
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«We look for films that enable people to navigate the world we live in»
INTERVIEW: Modern Times Review speaks with The Why Foundation CEO/Executive Producer Mette Hoffmann Meyer.
