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Dispatches: Return to Africa's Witch Children Channel 4 (Mon 23rd Nov 8.00PM) One year after the Saving Africa’s Witch Children our team was back to see how things have changed. Dispatches: Saving Africa’s Witch Children An investigative documentary (60’) about the witch children of Nigeria. Thousands of children get accused of witchcraft every year by pastors and local church people. Stigmatised as such they are beaten up, tortured and sometimes even killed. This film tells the story of the children living in the world’s one and only ‘witch’ orphanage.
Red Rebel Films wins prestigious camera award 20/11/2009 Red Rebel Films wins the prestigious Rory Peck Trust Sony Professional Impact Award for the film “Saving Africa’s Witch Children”. Red Rebel Films again nominated 18/11/2009 Red Rebel Films has again been nominated for the film ‘Saving Africa’s Witch Children’. This time it is the Rory Peck Trust Sony Professional Impact Award, one of the most prestigious camera awards in the world. The winners will be announced on Thursday the 19th of November in the British Film Institute in London.
Winner International Emmy for best Current Affairs Programme 2009f 22/09/2009 Frederick P. Rose Hall at Time Warner Center in New York City, September 21, 2009 Directors Mags Gavan and Joost van der Valk of Saving Africa’s Witch Children win the International Emmy Award for best Current Affairs Programme 2009
Saving Africa’s Witch Children 14/09/2009 A Red Rebel Films production After meeting Gary Foxcroft of Stepping Stones Nigeria RedRebel realized there was no time to waste. Knowing this film had to be made, they went to the Niger Delta without a commission and spent three weeks filming in this dangerous area. When shown the footage, Channel 4 believed in this film from the start. OSF came in to budget and executive produce and the rest is history. This film together with CRARN and Stepping Stones’s work has resulted in the Child Rights Act being enacted in Akwa Ibom. It is now illegal to stigmatise a child as a witch, and many abusive preachers have been arrested. International Emmy Nomination best Current Affairs 2009
CRIPS Strapped ‘n Strong 14/09/2009 RedRebel gains unrestricted access to the violent lives of the CRIPS in gangland Holland. This feature documentary uncovers the workings of a group of Dutch gangsters- and the criminal minds involved in drugs, rip deals and gangsta rap. Screening: 62^nd Film Festival, Locarno 5-15 August 2009 28th Nederlands Film Festival, Utrecht, 22 september-02 October 2009 22th International Documentary Festival Amsterdam, 19-29 November 200
Bad Blood- A Damning Critique 14/09/2009 ‘Newsnight reveals evidence that some doctors effectively used haemophiliacs as guinea pigs for new blood products. RedRebel Films, asks if this tragedy could, and should have been avoided. Best of Newsnight 2007Red Rebel Films wins prestigious camera award