Last Tuesday evening the tpr team were involved in the screening of Fiona Murphy’s new documentary-film, Remember Baghdad. This fascinating film tells the story of Iraq through the eyes of the last Jews of Baghdad, who lived there for 2,600 years until only a generation ago. With vivid home movies and footage from Iraq today, [...]
In the lead up to Al Jazeera English’s 10th anniversary, we’ve been involved in the exciting launch of their new web-based app #HACKED: Syria’s Electronic Armies. The app takes the user deep inside the Syria’s cyber war, a conflict that has proven technology can be just as deadly as ground warfare. It’s a ground-breaking [...]
Last week, the team tpr had great fun at Hyper Japan, the festival celebrating all things Japanese at Olympia, where we enjoyed learning lots about Japanese culture, from beautiful kimonos to delicious takoyaki (‘octopus balls’ – trust us, they taste better than they sound). We were working with NHK, Japan’s English-language broadcaster, who were visiting London to film for NHK WORLD TV’s popular fashion and [...]
We've just returned from Sheffield Doc/Fest where we saw some inspiring films. These included Michael Moore's witty and insightful Where to Invade Next and Kirsten Johnson's Cameraperson, which deservingly won the festival's grand prize. We were blown away by Sonita – the moving story of a young, talented female Afghan rapper – and [...]
In the usual heady rush of TV scheduling, we were contacted at the last minute a few weeks ago – just two weeks before transmission – to promote the thoughtful and provocative documentary Last Whites of the East End (Lambent Productions, BBC One, Tuesday 24 May). This revealing documentary looked at contemporary Britain and the impact of [...]
