It’s a rare film that catches the attention of top diplomats at the United Nations, but such is the case with Hondros.
The documentary about celebrated photojournalist Chris Hondros, who was killed in a mortar attack while on assignment in Libya in 2011, screened at the United Nations headquarters in New York last Friday, with an array of ambassadors and other officials on hand. The screening happened as part of the International Day to End Impunity for Crimes Against Journalists, a Un-coordinated effort to increase awareness of the hundreds of journalists killed around the world in recent years in the performance of their duties.
“It was a beautiful event,” says Hondros executive producer Riva Marker, who introduced the film to dignitaries and invited guests. “It was a room full of people who understand the importance of journalism. You could feel everybody was moved at the end of it.”
Hondros was directed by Greg Campbell,...
The documentary about celebrated photojournalist Chris Hondros, who was killed in a mortar attack while on assignment in Libya in 2011, screened at the United Nations headquarters in New York last Friday, with an array of ambassadors and other officials on hand. The screening happened as part of the International Day to End Impunity for Crimes Against Journalists, a Un-coordinated effort to increase awareness of the hundreds of journalists killed around the world in recent years in the performance of their duties.
“It was a beautiful event,” says Hondros executive producer Riva Marker, who introduced the film to dignitaries and invited guests. “It was a room full of people who understand the importance of journalism. You could feel everybody was moved at the end of it.”
Hondros was directed by Greg Campbell,...
- 11/9/2018
- by Matthew Carey
- Deadline Film + TV
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