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Official Secrets film screening and Q&A

Oscar-winning director Gavin Hood discusses his 2019 film, which depicts an international government conspiracy exposed by journalist and lecturer, Martin Bright

  • Thu 30 Jan 25

    17:00 - 20:00

  • Colchester Campus

    Cine10

  • Event type

    Arts, culture and performances

  • Event organiser

    Literature, Film, and Theatre Studies, Department of

  • Contact details

    Professor Shohini Chaudhuri
    +44 (0)1206 872626

Official Secrets (directed by Gavin Hood, 2019) dramatises the true story of Katharine Gun, a whistleblower who leaked information about an undercover NSA operation intended to pressure UN Security Council members to support the Iraq War, and The Observer journalist Martin Bright who broke the story.

 

The screening will be followed by a Q&A discussion with the film's director Gavin Hood and journalist Martin Bright (now Senior Lecturer in Journalism at Essex), chaired by Professor Shohini Chaudhuri.

This is the launch event in a termly journalism film screening series. The series aims to explore how journalists are represented in films and to inspire students about the difference they can make.

Everyone is welcome. Booking is not required. 

 
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