Adam Torel is Managing director of Third Window Films, a distribution company who bring East Asian Cinema to the UK. Here he talks about the state of Asian film distribution in the UK, Japanese pop culture and much more!
This event is organised by the Coventry University East Asian Film Society who promote, celebrate and enjoy East Asian cinema by watching a film every week, specifically those which are unreleased & unavailable in the UK.
Anna Marriott works for Oxfam. Here she discusses and challenges the myths that surround private health care in poor countries at the 15th annual IAHPE conference that took place at Coventry University.
Raymond Snoddy is a freelance journalist who presents the BBC Television accountability programme Newswatch and writes regularly for a variety of publications after being media editor of The Times for seven years.
In this Coventry Conversation he discusses the crisis facing the local and international media industries today.
The documentary, which was shot covertly in Zimbabwe in 2008, charts white farmer Mike Campbell who takes President Mugabe to court for racism. Campbell won his case despite intimidation, threats and violence against him, his family, the 500 black workers and their families who share life on the farm.
Lucy talks about the making of the documentary which is currently touring a number of festivals around the world.
Dean Stockton is a British creative star. Since January 2008 Dean has been Senior Creative Director of Chellomedia Group. He leads group creative direction and responsibility for managing all corporate brand strategy, including most channel and online services. He delivers and impliments creative direction and creative marketing solutions across the group; provides creative inspiration, creative lead and creative expertise – promoting the importance of creative excellence throughout the organisation.
Here he talks about creativity and the importance of not being sloppy, not thinking and not taking time to look at things properly. He also talks about the huge changes in the creative industries over the years.
Professor Hazel Barrett has spent a number of years researching the aids pandemic in the sub-Saharan countries of Africa. Despite the numerous efforts over the years the AIDS virus continues to grow in the number of people contracting and dying from the infection.
In this talk Hazel discusses some of the many causes influencing the problem of AIDS and HIV in the countries of Africa, arguing that the issues can only partially be solved by medical advancements. She also discusses the socio-economic factors that are influencing the prominence of AIDS throughout this region.
Hazel also discusses the impact that the virus is continuing to have on the UK and the many myths that surround the virus.
The Applied Research Centre into Human Security (ARCHS), based at Coventry University, looks at issues such as climate change, terrorism and sustainability and how we need to apply ’systems thinking’ to encourage change.
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