VOA Unveils Film, “Fire in the Land of Snow: Self-Immolations in Tibet”
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Disturbing images of Tibetans setting themselves on fire, interviews with protesters, and background on Tibet’s rich culture are woven together in a compelling new VOA documentary...
View ArticleVOA Premieres AIDS Documentary at World AIDS Conference
WASHINGTON, D.C. — A stirring new VOA documentary, AIDS: Living in the Shadows, is making its world premiere today at 2100 UTC (5 p.m. EST) at the 20thInternational AIDS Conference in Melbourne,...
View ArticleTribute to Heroes of Soviet Dissident Movement on VOA
WASHINGTON, D.C. —Voice of America (VOA) has released the first English-language episode of a documentary series on the Soviet dissidents and human rights activists who played a crucial role in ending...
View ArticleNew York Festivals Honors VOA Documentary
WASHINGTON, D.C., April 16, 2015 –The VOA documentary AIDS: Living in the Shadows won the Silver World Medal at the 2015 New York Festivals International Television & Film Awards. The...
View ArticleVOA Presents Documentary Profiling Global Women Leaders
WASHINGTON, D.C.— Academy Award winner Sally Field hosts and narrates VOA’s new documentary A Single Step: Journeys of Women Leaders exploring the barriers women face in the developed and developing...
View ArticleVOA Documentary Debuts at Asia Society in NYC
WASHINGTON D.C. — VOA’s latest documentary A Single Step: Journeys of Women Leaders debuted at a special screening at the Asia Society in New York on September 24, bringing in a great crowd and a...
View Article“Airport Donetsk” Wins Prestigious Russian Documentary Film Prize
(PRAGUE, Czech Republic – December 18, 2015) An unflinching portrait of one of the epic battles in the war between Russia and Ukraine has been named the Best Non-Fiction Short TV Film in Russia’s...
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VOA Documentary Commemorates 70th Anniversary of WWII
WASHINGTON, D.C.— Voice of America premiers a new documentary featuring oral histories from veterans of World War II’s close in China, Burma, and India. “Journey 1945—China’s Path to Victory” focuses...
View ArticleRFA’s trafficking documentary describes Vietnamese mother’s ordeal, escape
On International Women’s Day, Radio Free Asia (RFA) released a short documentary, “Vietnam: Cost of Living” — the eighth installment of the online RFA multimedia series “Breaking Free: Stories of...
View ArticleVOA takes medal and finalist prizes at New York Festivals International TV &...
Journey 1945: China’s Path to Victory, the vivid tale of two Chinese veterans of the 1st American Volunteer Group organized by the U.S. Government to aid China’s Nationalist Government against Japan...
View ArticleBBG programs named finalists at 2016 New York Festivals World Radio Awards
Four entries submitted by BBG networks earned the distinction as finalists in the 2016 New York Festivals World’s Best Radio Program awards. The awards were announced last week at a gala in New York....
View ArticleFrom Iraq to Nebraska: A Yazidi journey of faith on Alhurra TV
Alhurra Television goes to the heartland to highlight the largest Yazidi population in the United States in the original documentary Yazidis: A Long Road to Healing. The hour-long documentary shows the...
View ArticleVOA documentary screening of “Faith in Freedom: The Journey of Muslim...
VOA’s Midwest correspondent, Kane Farabaugh, followed the campaigns of four Muslim American immigrants seeking office in city, state, and national government. Their backgrounds and circumstances are...
View ArticleISIS defectors speak out on Alhurra
Alhurra Television interviewed ISIS defectors and their families as part of a two-part documentary series debuting March 25. Alhurra cameras were given exclusive access into Mitiga prison in Libya to...
View ArticleRadio Free Asia wins award for in-depth web project on Uyghur diaspora
RFA is among min magazine’s “Best of the Web” award winners and finalists for 2017. RFA’s “Between Identity and Integration: The Uyghur Diaspora in the West” was selected as the best multimedia feature...
View ArticleRFE/RL documentaries win New York Festivals International Awards
Two RFE/RL video documentaries have won Silver Awards at the 2017 New York Festivals International Television and Film Awards ceremony in Las Vegas on Tuesday, April 25. RFE/RL’s Russian Service’s “She...
View ArticleAlhurra produces documentary series on countering violent extremism
Alhurra Television’s Invisible Enemy is a three-part documentary series that takes an in-depth look at what Moroccan citizens are doing to counter violent extremism. The first part of the series airs...
View Article“Airport Donetsk” wins prestigious Russian documentary film prize
An unflinching portrait of one of the epic battles in the war between Russia and Ukraine has been named the Best Non-Fiction Short TV Film in Russia’s prestigious ArtDocFest film festival, and brought...
View ArticleAlhurra debuts a new documentary on fighting extremism with comedy
Alhurra Television is debuting an original documentary, Laughter in the Time of Terrorism, which tells the story of Arab satirists who are using humor to fight one of the most dangerous organizations...
View ArticleVOA-USIP film screening: “Boko Haram: Journey from Evil”
The impacts of Boko Haram have reverberated across the breadth of Nigeria. Citizens, especially in areas directly affected by the conflict, are finding innovative ways to successfully resist the...
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