On the Frontline
with One Planet Pictures
About ...on the Frontline
Who are the individuals taking risks and changing our world?
Where are the communities that are bucking the trend?
What organisations are at the cutting edge of new research?
...on the Frontline is the new vehicle for independent producers to tell compelling stories about the people who uphold civil society where it is most at threat.
The strand started with the 2006 pilot series Doctors on the Frontline, a profile of Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) field doctors made by Dev TV film-makers.
"The new strand enables film-makers to cover the huge range of cutting edge issues in human development with human stories to the fore," says Bernard Robert Charrue, director of Dev TV
...on the Frontline went back on air in mid 2007 with a two part series - Nurses on the Frontline - Special Edition - that took viewers on missions with the Free Burma Rangers, a medical NGO dedicated to helping Karen civilians caught up in the 60 year old conflict with the military government.
"In the name of the entire MSF movement, we wish to extend our warmest thanks for that superb series to you and your team and we can assure you of our great commitment on continuing to give access to our missions to valuable reporting" - Aymeric Peguillian, Medecines Sans Frontieres.
"The strand is all about the new world of film-making - one person director/camera people who can get close to their subjects." says Amanda Rudman, producer of Nurses and Women on the Frontline. "The old days of two and three people crews turning up for a few days, disrupting life in communities and coming away with 'difinitive' stories are ending fast."
"The two Burma stories partly financed by Dev TV were shot by a French director/camera over nearly 4 years and have been shown in a variety of formats on Swiss and French networks before surfacing in English on our strand", adds Lamb. "It takes enterprise, networking and dedication to get films like this to the screen."
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See also -
Women on the Frontline
Doctors on the Frontline
Villages on the Frontline
Nurses on the Frontline
Children on the Frontline
and Nurses on the Frontline Special
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