Bahrain: Shouting in the Dark explained

Genre:Participatory documentary film
Director:May Ying Welsh
Country:Bahrain
Language:English
Producer:Jon Blair
Editor:Tuki Laumea
Runtime:51 minutes (1 hour slot, including 2 quick bulletin rundowns and fillers before, during and after)
Network:Al Jazeera English
Related:Bahrain: Fighting for change
Bahrain: Audacity of hope[1]

Bahrain

Shouting in the Dark is a television documentary film produced by Qatar-based news channel Al Jazeera English about the 2011 Bahraini uprising. The film was first screened on 4 August 2011, featuring footage recorded during protests and police crackdowns, interviews with activists and physicians, as well as footage broadcast by Bahraini state television.

Production

Shouting in the Dark was written, directed and shot undercover in Bahrain by Al Jazeera journalist and filmmaker May Ying Welsh. It was edited by Al Jazeera's Tuki Laumea. The Executive Producer is veteran filmmaker Jon Blair.[2]

Shouting in the Dark has been translated into 8 languages, including Arabic, French,[3] Persian,[4] Czech,[5] Swedish,[6] Finnish,[7] Estonian,[8] and Portuguese,[9] by various national broadcasters and by fans.

Reception

In the first four days, the documentary received almost 200,000 views on YouTube.[10] Bahraini Foreign Minister Khalid Al Khalifah criticised Qatar on his official Twitter account after the airing of the film:

Rumours also developed on the internet of the Bahraini intention to cut off relations with Qatar;[11] however this was denied by Bahrain's foreign ministry.[12] [13] The film was finally re-broadcast on 11 August and was followed by a discussion[14] with the first deputy chairman of the Consultative Council of Bahrain Jamal Fakhro as the pro-government guest.[15]

Awards

Bahrain: Shouting in the Dark has won seven major journalism, film and television awards:

Bahrain: Shouting in the Dark was also nominated for a BAFTA,[24] and for a Royal Television Society Award.[25]

Other Al Jazeera films

Al Jazeera English has produced two additional films on Bahrain under the People & Power documentary strand: Bahrain: Fighting for Change,[26] and its follow-up Bahrain: Audacity of Hope.[27]

External links

Notes and References

  1. A half-hour documentary made for People & Power strand.
  2. Web site: Copenhagen International Documentary Film Festival . 26 January 2012 .
  3. Web site: Bahrein: Un Cri Dans la Nuit. Radio Television Suisse(RTS). 16 September 2012.
  4. Web site: فرياد در تاريكي. 29 September 2011.
  5. Web site: Bahrajnský výkřik do tmy . Česko-Slovenská filmová databáze . 22 March 2012.
  6. Web site: ett rop i morkret . Sveriges Television (SVT) . 22 January 2012 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130731203843/http://kontakt.svtplay.se/org/svt-play/d/bahrain-ett-rop-i-morkret/ . 31 July 2013 .
  7. Web site: Bahrainin mykka huuto. Yleisradio(YLE). 21 March 2012.
  8. Web site: Unustatud revolutsioon . https://archive.today/20130213171254/http://etv.err.ee/index.php?0564874 . dead . 13 February 2013 . Eesti Televisioon (ETV) . 7 May 2012 .
  9. Web site: Presos no Barem . Radio e Televisao de Portugal(RTP). 7 September 2012.
  10. Web site: The Stream - Bahrain Foreign Minister Criticizes Al Jazeera Documentary on Twitter . 8 August 2011 . AJStream . 15 August 2011.
  11. Web site: http://www.middle-east-online.com/?id=115401 . ar:قال وقيل في الخليج: أنباء عن قطع البحرين علاقتها بقطر على خلفية برنامج الجزيرة . 5 August 2011. 15 August 2011 . Middle East Online. Arabic .
  12. Web site: Bahrain denies it has plans to snap Qatar ties . 7 August 2011. 15 August 2011.
  13. News: Bahrain protests to Qatar over al-Jazeera film . The Guardian . The Guardian . August 7, 2011 . 15 August 2011 . London.
  14. Web site: Al Jazeera Changes Plan to Rerun Documentary . The New York Times . The New York Times . August 9, 2011 . 15 August 2011 .
  15. Web site: Bahrain: Divided nation, disputed narratives . Al Jazeera English . August 12, 2011 . 15 August 2011 .
  16. Web site: FPA Media Awards 2011 - Winners . Foreign Press Association . 25 December 2011 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120322112447/http://www.fpalondon.org/showarticle.pl?id=927 . 22 March 2012 .
  17. Web site: LIU ANNOUNCES 2011 GEORGE POLK AWARDS IN JOURNALISM . Brian Harmon . 22 February 2012.
  18. Web site: Al Jazeera's Bahrain documentary wins award . Al Jazeera . 22 February 2012.
  19. Web site: Scripps Howard 2011 Award Winners . Scripps Howard Foundation . Scripps Howard Foundation . 12 April 2012 . 3 May 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120503195235/http://www.shawards.org/winners.aspx . dead .
  20. Web site: 2012 Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Award Winners . Robert F. Kennedy Center for Justice and Human Rights . 8 April 2012 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20121113025644/http://rfkcenter.org/us-journalism-awards . 13 November 2012 .
  21. Web site: Winners of the 2012 Media Awards . Amnesty International UK . 29 May 2012 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130112212735/http://www.amnesty.org.uk/content.asp?CategoryID=10058 . 12 January 2013 .
  22. Web site: Further accolade for Al Jazeera's Bahrain documentary . Rapid TV News . 17 June 2012.
  23. Web site: Spring 2012 CINE Golden Eagle Award Recipients . CINE . 19 June 2012 .
  24. News: Bafta TV Awards 2012: The winners . BBC News . 27 May 2012 . 27 May 2012.
  25. Web site: RTS Announces Winners of Television Journalism Awards 2010/2011 . Royal Television Society . 23 February 2012 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120228001101/http://www.rts.org.uk/rts-television-journalism-awards-2010-2011 . 28 February 2012 .
  26. Web site: Bahrain: Fighting for Change . Al Jazeera . 9 March 2011.
  27. Web site: Bahrain: Audacity of Hope' . Al Jazeera . 22 February 2012.

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