In this century life is all about pushing limits. Be a bit faster, longer, stronger than anything or anyone before! We journalists - sometimes even public broadcasters, feel the same pressure. We are tempted to be the first ones to screen something special, or something that has never been aired before. But sometimes this temptation stands eye to eye with sensationalism. The question arises: How and where do you draw the line? What can viewers handle? What is in line with public broadcasting? Do you have to 'show it all” to make your point? This session introduces two programmes, which present highly sensitive issues: Suicide and vulnerable people with disabilities. Both programmes want to make a very important point. The only question is: When do you turn off the camera?
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From UPF
Switzerland is one of the only countries in the world that allows foreigners to commit suicide. More than 1000 people have come to die with the Dignitas group in Zurich… -
From UPF
On the top floor of a special hospital, locked away from their families and friends, a group of men and women are subjected to a regime of physical assaults, systematic…