Kevin McKiernan explained

Kevin McKiernan is an American foreign correspondent, photographer and documentary filmmaker.[1] [2] [3] [4]

McKiernan's work, nominated for the Pulitzer Prize,[5] has taken him to some of the world's most troubled regions, from Nicaragua to Iraq and Syria,[6] from West Africa to Afghanistan.[7] [8] He has been widely published in national and international media.[8] [9] [10] An expert on the Kurds,[11] [12] St. Martin's Press released his book, THE KURDS: A People in Search of Their Homeland. McKiernan wrote and directed the PBS documentary Good Kurds, Bad Kurds, which The New York Times called "searing."[13] It won the Human Rights Prize at the Santa Barbara International Film Festival.[14] In addition to Good Kurds, Bad Kurds, McKiernan co-produced the documentary The Spirit of Crazy Horse for PBS Frontline.[8] In 2011, he completed Bringing King to China, a documentary that premiered at the Santa Barbara International Film Festival.[15] [16] [17] [18] Ethnic Cleansing: The Story of the Rohingya,[19] a short film, premiered at the Ojai Film Festival in November 2014.[20] His newest documentary film, From Wounded Knee to Standing Rock: A Reporter's Journey, was released on October 8, 2019. A review in The New Republic called it "a humane but unflinching look at one of the most famous Indigenous resistance groups in modern history."[21] The film features previously unreleased footage from Wounded Knee that McKiernan "buried before his arrest by the FBI at the siege’s conclusion."[22] Cinematographer Haskell Wexler filmed much of the contemporary footage

Education and personal life

McKiernan holds a J.D. from Northeastern University Law School and a B.A. in English Literature from the University of St. Thomas. He was also awarded an Honorary M.S. from the Brooks Institute of Photography, and received a Master's Certificate from the Harvard Program in Refugee Trauma. He is an Ochberg Fellow at the Dart Center for Journalism & Trauma.[23] McKiernan is a son of the late Eoin McKiernan, one of the early major scholars of the field of Irish Studies.[24] [25] [26]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Kevin McKiernan . Kevin McKiernan | Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists . Thebulletin.org . 1999-03-01 . 2017-05-09.
  2. Web site: Good Kurds, Bad Kurds â€" MacArthur Foundation . Macfound.org . 2000-01-24 . 2017-05-09.
  3. Web site: Journalist and Filmmaker McKiernan to Speak at IUP, November 11–12, 2013 - Pan-African Studies - IUP . Iup.edu . 2013-11-04 . 2017-05-09.
  4. http://minnesota.publicradio.org/collections/special/columns/movie_natters/archive/2009/04/mspiff_kevin_mc.shtml Minnesota Public Radio News
  5. Web site: Pulitzer Prize Nomination . Kevinmckiernan.com . 1976-01-09 . 2017-05-09.
  6. Web site: Hedges . Chris . THE WORLD - In Kurdistan, No End in Sight for This U.S. Relief Effort . IRAQ . . 1992-12-20 . 2017-05-09.
  7. Web site: An Saighdiúr (The Soldier) . Irish Arts Center . 2017-05-09.
  8. Web site: KevinMcKiernan.com . KevinMcKiernan.com . 2017-05-09.
  9. News: Constable . Pamela . Pamela Constable . Gravely wounded in Iraq, Kurdish refugee completes journey to become U.S. citizen . The Washington Post . 2014-06-25 . 2017-05-09.
  10. Web site: A Report from Kurdish Syria . Independent.com . 2012-12-13 . 2017-05-09.
  11. Web site: An Ancient Group's Struggle Provides Clues To the Future of the Middle East - Washington Spectator. Washington Spectator. July 2006 .
  12. Book: The Kurds: A People in Search of Their Homeland - Kevin Mckiernan - Google Books . 2006-03-07 . 9780312325466 . 2017-05-09. McKiernan . Kevin .
  13. Web site: Stephen Holden . No Fluff, No Gimmickry In These Searing Stories - The New York Times . . 2000-06-16 . 2017-05-09.
  14. Web site: Indiewire . Indiewire . 2000-03-14 . DAILY NEWS: NYUFF and Santa Barbara Award Winners . 2022-11-03 . IndieWire . en.
  15. Web site: Bringing King to China . Independent.com . 2011-01-30 . 2017-05-09 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170119002054/http://www.independent.com/news/2011/jan/30/embringing-king-chinaem/ . 2017-01-19 . dead .
  16. Web site: James . Daniel . DOC NYC, 2nd Edition: More Is More | International Documentary Association . 12 December 2011 . Documentary.org . 2017-05-09.
  17. Web site: | Ash Center . Ash.harvard.edu . 2012 . 2017-05-09.
  18. Web site: Cff Winners . Cincinnati Film Festival . 2014-06-20 . 2017-05-09.
  19. Web site: Dec 03 . Nick Welsh Tue . 2019 12:42pm . 2019-12-03 . ‘From Wounded Knee to Standing Rock’ . 2022-11-04 . The Santa Barbara Independent . en-US.
  20. Web site: Documentaries 2014 | Ojai Film Festival: "Enriching the Human Spirit Through Film" . 2014-10-29 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20141029051127/http://www.ojaifilmfestival.com/documentaries-2014 . 2014-10-29 .
  21. News: Martin . Nick . 2019-11-20 . Returning to Wounded Knee . The New Republic . 2022-11-03 . 0028-6583.
  22. Web site: From Wounded Knee to Standing Rock: A Reporter's Journey Cinema St Louis . 2022-11-03 . www.cinemastlouis.org.
  23. Web site: 2009-03-02 . Kevin McKiernan . 2022-11-03 . Dart Center . en.
  24. Web site: The Last Word: The Father of Irish Studies . Irish America . July 2014 . 2017-05-09.
  25. Web site: Eoin McKiernan, 89; Led Efforts to Revive Irish Culture in U.S. - latimes . Articles.latimes.com . 2004-07-22 . 2017-05-09.
  26. Web site: Marc Sanchez . 1973: Defining Irish | Minnesota Public Radio News . Mprnews.org . 2011-03-14 . 2017-05-09.

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