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Skip to main content Currently Reading No one in the Philippines would air a documentary about press freedom, so Frontline is doing it itself Elahe Izadi, The Washington Post March 2, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail Maria Ressa in the Frontline documentary A Thousand Cuts. Frontline/PBS On the evening before Valentine s Day in 2019, journalist Maria Ressa was arrested by the Philippine government and charged with cyber-libel. At issue was a seven-year-old article that her news website, Rappler, had published before such a crime as cyber-libel existed in the country s legal code. Ressa is now appealing a six-year prison sentence over the article, which concerned a businessman s alleged ties to a top judge and illegal drugs. Her arrest and the legal campaign against her and Rappler is captured in A Thousand Cuts, a chilling new documentary from Frontline that looks behind the scenes at the repression of journalism and growing disinformation under ....
Posted on Wednesday, January 13th, 2021 by Ethan Anderton Awards season is unfolding a little later than usual this year thanks to the coronavirus pandemic shifting the windows for qualifying films into early 2021. That’s why movies like Nomadland and Minari, which you’ve seen pop up on various lists naming the Top 10 Films of 2020, aren’t getting wide theatrical releases until February. But the 30th Gotham Awards winners have just been announced, kicking off a season of accolades for the best films from last year. Who walked away with the big prizes? Get the full list of 2021 Gotham Awards winners below. ....