Silencing the Press 2

(Journalist Killings in the Philippines)
26min 2010
Film by: Pierre Peyrot & Gerhard Jören
Editor: Mikael Enlund
Music: David van der Heijden

On November 23, 2009, 31 journalists were massacred in the Philippines region of Maguindanao. It is the single most killing of media ever recorded. Even before this event, the Philippines was considered to be the world’s most dangerous place to be a journalist. This films looks at the reasons for that, and meets many of the journalists that have survived to tell their story.