This is the first definitive collection of ground-breaking documentaries from John Pilger's career as a world renowned film-maker, author and investigative journalist. The title, Heroes, is taken from one of his films and his seminal book (1986), which celebrates the struggles and heroism of ordinary people all over the world. Beginning as a journalist in his native Australia before moving to London, John Pilger has been the recipient of multiple awards, including Britain's highest award for journalism, twice, and television academy awards in both the UK and the United States. He has been a foreign correspondent and frontline war reporter, and is a regular contributor to international media, including the ITV Network, the Guardian and the New Statesman. An incisive and rare critic of Western economic and military power, Pilger's humane eyewitness reporting has been described as a unique presence of British television that explores where others dare to go.This disc set brings together almost four decades of landmark journalism, including, for the first time, The Outsiders, Pilger's Channel 4 series of interviews, along with the award-winning cinema film The War on Democracy and an updated edition of Anthony Hayward's filmography of Pilger's work.
This is the first definitive collection of ground-breaking documentaries from John Pilger's career as a world renowned film-maker author and investigative journalist. The title Heroes is taken from one of his films and his seminal book (1986) which celebrates the struggles and heroism of ordinary people all over the world. Beginning as a journalist in his native Australia before moving to London John Pilger has been the recipient of multiple awards including Britain's highest award for journalism twice and television academy awards in both the UK and the United States. He has been a foreign correspondent and frontline war reporter and is a regular contributor to international media including the ITV Network the Guardian and the New Statesman. An incisive and rare critic of Western economic and military power Pilger's humane eyewitness reporting has been described as a unique presence of British television that explores where others dare to go.This disc set brings together almost four decades of landmark journalism including for the first time The Outsiders Pilger's Channel 4 series of interviews along with the award-winning cinema film The War on Democracy and an updated edition of Anthony Hayward's filmography of Pilger's work.
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