Vigil Posted March 17, 2004 Report Share Posted March 17, 2004 (edited) Yahoo News March 16 2004 Al-Arabiya factors in 'Genocide' doc Sun Mar 14, 7:00 PM ET Melanie Goodfellow (Variety) JERUSALEM Pan-Arab satcaster MBC TV has acquired "The Genocide Factor," a U.S.-made doc exploring religious and ethnic persecution from Biblical times to the present, to air on news and current affairs channel Al-Arabiya in April. Series, narrated by thesp Jon Voight, examines some of the worst crimes against humanity including the Nazi Holocaust and the Armenian, Bosnian and Rwandan genocides. "Having "The Genocide Factor' run complete and uncensored on free TV in the Middle East to a potential audience of more than 130 million people is truly groundbreaking," says Gary Lico, CEO of U.S. distrib Cable Ready. Directed by Robert Emery, the four-part series features photos, news footage and interviews with Nobel Laureate Elie Wiesel, former U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright (news - web sites) and genocide survivors. Edited May 31, 2004 by Vigil Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GuitARA Posted March 18, 2004 Report Share Posted March 18, 2004 I wonder if there is a hidden agenda behind this. I'd like (love) to believe they have only good intentions in airing this but ... who knows ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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