INPUT / … / … / New World Disorder - Part I: My God What a Mess!

The 'new world' is being brought about by wars, mass-migration and social confrontation, offering television and fresh challenge. But with that challenge comes a new responsibility for film-makers. sensationalism and the vulgar is an essay way to attract an audience. But should public TV follow that route? A route many believe will lead tothe television of publics executions, mutilated children, even the rapes of women - all in the search for ratings. But we cannot hope that the problems of the new world order will just go away. we must therefore find a way to represent this new disorder in a responsible form - while still keeping an udience. These morning and afternoon sessions present docu-dramas; hard-hitting journalism; authored documentaries; even fiction. All have found ways of representing the 'new world order':