Who knew watching TV with a camera in hand could capture these poignant moments in history!?
The crowds at Grant Park in Chicago on the evening of November 4, 2008 say it all.
Image - NBC
"Freedom of thought, belief, opinion and expression, including freedom of the press and other media of communication" ... great concept and great phrase ripped directly from Section 2 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms.
Let's take bets on whether or not anything resembling this statement is practiced during the 2008 Olympic Games. Are all Chinese media controlled by the government? Will all foreign media be under the influence of China's internal media practices... during the Games? Following the Games? I'm sure there will be some interesting reading in the "Op Ed" columns internationally on the subject during the Olympics.
Image from HOT DOCS FEATURED FILM: Letter to Anna - The Story of Journalist Politkovskaya?s Death. Film by Eric Bergkraut. On October 7, 2006, a leading voice of dissent in Putin's Russia was silenced. Filmmaker Bergkraut reveals the courageous efforts of murdered journalist Anna Politkovskaya to expose oppression and corruption, and why paying with her life was inevitable. Photo credit: Eric Bergkraut
Image from HOT DOCS FEATURED FILM: Letter to Anna - The Story of Journalist Politkovskaya?s Death. Film by Eric Bergkraut. On October 7, 2006, a leading voice of dissent in Putin's Russia was silenced. Filmmaker Bergkraut reveals the courageous efforts of murdered journalist Anna Politkovskaya to expose oppression and corruption, and why paying with her life was inevitable. Photo credit: Eric Bergkraut
Image from HOT DOCS FEATURED FILM: Carny. Film by Alison Murray. Carny offers a glimpse into the transient lives of fairground workers who live in a world of their own, trading monotonous security for the uncertain adventures of instant camaraderie, tear-stained romances and secret loneliness. Photo credit: Virginia Lee Hunter
Image from HOT DOCS FEATURED FILM: Carny. Film by Alison Murray. Carny offers a glimpse into the transient lives of fairground workers who live in a world of their own, trading monotonous security for the uncertain adventures of instant camaraderie, tear-stained romances and secret loneliness. Photo credit: Virginia Lee Hunter
Image from HOT DOCS FEATURED FILM: Carny. Film by Alison Murray. Carny offers a glimpse into the transient lives of fairground workers who live in a world of their own, trading monotonous security for the uncertain adventures of instant camaraderie, tear-stained romances and secret loneliness. Photo credit: Virginia Lee Hunter
Image from HOT DOCS FEATURED FILM: Bevel Up: Drugs, Users and Outreach Nursing. Film by Nettie Wild. A documentary and interactive DVD co-produced by the Outreach Street Nurse Program of the BC Centre for Disease Control and the National Film Board of Canada, in collaboration with Canada Wild Productions. (c) Nettie Wild.
Image from HOT DOCS FEATURED FILM: Bevel Up: Drugs, Users and Outreach Nursing. Film by Nettie Wild. A documentary and interactive DVD co-produced by the Outreach Street Nurse Program of the BC Centre for Disease Control and the National Film Board of Canada, in collaboration with Canada Wild Productions. (c) Nettie Wild.
Image from HOT DOCS FEATURED FILM: Bevel Up: Drugs, Users and Outreach Nursing. Film by Nettie Wild. A documentary and interactive DVD co-produced by the Outreach Street Nurse Program of the BC Centre for Disease Control and the National Film Board of Canada, in collaboration with Canada Wild Productions. (c) Nettie Wild.
Image from HOT DOCS FEATURED FILM: Garbage! The Revolution Starts at Home. Glen and Michele McDonald, who along with their three children, kept all the trash they generated over three months for Andrew Nisker?s documentary Garbage! The Revolution Starts At Home. (c) Andrew Nisker, Take Action Films.
Image from HOT DOCS FEATURED FILM: The Fallen. Film by Rudy Joffroy. The shocking story of the Pasta de Conchos coal mine disaster in Mexico, where an explosion killed 63 miners, is told, exposing the government corruption and gross negligence at the tragedy's root. Photo credit (c) Valentina Siniego
Image from HOT DOCS FEATURED FILM: The Fallen. Film by Rudy Joffroy. The shocking story of the Pasta de Conchos coal mine disaster in Mexico, where an explosion killed 63 miners, is told, exposing the government corruption and gross negligence at the tragedy's root. Photo credit (c) Valentina Siniego
Image from HOT DOCS FEATURED FILM: The Fallen. Film by Rudy Joffroy. The shocking story of the Pasta de Conchos coal mine disaster in Mexico, where an explosion killed 63 miners, is told, exposing the government corruption and gross negligence at the tragedy's root. Photo credit (c) Valentina Siniego
Image from HOT DOCS FEATURED FILM: The Fallen. Film by Rudy Joffroy. The shocking story of the Pasta de Conchos coal mine disaster in Mexico, where an explosion killed 63 miners, is told, exposing the government corruption and gross negligence at the tragedy's root. Photo credit (c) Valentina Siniego