The War You Don't See

Following his award-winning documentary The War on Democracy, John Pilgers new film is a powerful and timely investigation into the medias role in war. The War You Dont See traces the history of embedded and independent reporting from the carnage of World War 1 to the destruction of Hiroshima, and from the invasion of Vietnam to the current war in Afghanistan. As weapons and propaganda are ever more sophisticated, the very nature of war has developed into an electronic battlefield. But who is the real enemy today?
Starting his career as a journalist in his native Australia before moving to London, John Pilger has been the recipient of multiple awards, including Britains highest award for journalism, twice, and television academy awards in both the UK and the United States. He has been a foreign correspondent and frontline war reporter, and is a regular contributor to international media, including the ITV Network, the Guardian and New Statesman. An incisive and rare critic of Western economic and military power, Pilgers humane eyewitness reporting has been described as a unique presence on British television that explores where others dare not go.