“Hunger for Truth” The Rhea Clyman Story: a film screening and discussion with Andrew Tkach and Anne Applebaum
Date and time:
Tuesday 12 June, 2018
20:00 - 23:00
Location:
Institute of Light
London Fields Arch 376, 10 Helmsey Place
London
E8 3SB
In an age when disinformation muddles the truth, a new voice cuts through the historical haze. Rhea Clyman, a young Canadian reporter who traversed the starving Soviet heartland when Stalin’s man-made famine was just beginning. Clyman’s newly discovered newspaper articles from 1932-33 show her remarkable resourcefulness and courage. Today Ukraine finds itself at war with Russia, which provides military, political and information support to the separatist-controlled areas in the east. The film interweaves Clyman’s trip with today’s conflict in Ukraine. The film shows the power of truth-telling in the face of disinformation.
The screening will be followed by a panel discussion moderated by Marina Pesenti, Director of Ukrainian Institute London.
This event is supported by Ukrainian Jewish Encounter.
This event will be held in English.
£11.50 standard
Speaker
Andrew Tkach
Andrew Tkach has produced long-form television programs for more than 25 years, most recently directing 2 documentaries on Ukraine’s tumultuous history. His work spans the globe including films about the traditional hunters in Greenland, child gold miners in Mali, Fukushima’s exclusion zone, Czech Neo Nazi’s attacking the Roma, Irish Clerical sex abuse, Philippine attack on the press, Tibetan & Burmese resistance, Aids in Africa, Gangs in the Americas, Modern day slavery, and much more. Prior to forming his own company, Messy Moment Media, Tkach was the principal long-form producer of Christiane Amanpour for both CNN and CBS 60 Minutes, winning multiple Emmy’s, Duponts and Peabodys for his work. He is currently producing a weekly environmental documentary series in Kenya made by African filmmakers called Giving Nature a Voice.
Speaker
Anne Applebaum
Anne Applebaum is a columnist for the Washington Post and a visiting Professor of Practice at the London School of Economics, where she runs Arena, a project on propaganda and disinformation. She is the author of several books, including "Red Famine: Stalin's War on Ukraine," Gulag: A History, which won the 2004 Pulitzer Prize for non-fiction and Iron Curtain, which won the 2013 Cundill Prize for Historical Literature. Since 1989, her writing has frequently focused on the post-communist transition in Russia and Europe, but she also writes extensively about British, American and European politics. She is a former member of the Washington Post editorial board, a former deputy editor of the Spectator magazine, and a former Warsaw correspondent of The Economist. She has lectured at many other universities, including Yale and Harvard.
