Documentarians use a range of approaches that go beyond the exploration of an issue, as they attempt to win the audience over to their point of view, perhaps even to encourage the viewer to take action as a result of seeing the programme. Three programmes illsutrate very different ways of making a point. Each raises questions of fairness, balance and the role of television in forming public opinion.
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Most people hold the government accountable for the nuclear weapons race and its disastrous health and environmental side effects. But what about the corporations who…
Deadly Deception
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In 1971, Black Panther leader Dhoruba Bin Wahad (Richard Moore) was convicted and sentenced for the shooting of two New York City police officers. In 1990,…
Passin´ It On
From UPF
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For more than 10 years, the Belgian public TV, the monthly “Au nom de la loi” (In the Name of the Law) meets a large audience and a success due to the…
The Church of Scientology
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