17th IACC: Films for Transparency Screening: Shadow...

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Films for Transparency Screening: Shadow World

Transparency International, ECOCINEMA and BRITDOC are proud producers of FILMS FOR TRANSPARENCY –Anti-Corruption Film Festival at the 17th IACC.

With a carefully curated international program that is both critical, proactive, relevant and newsworthy, FILMS FOR TRANSPARENCY amplifies the human stories to the issues tackled within the IACC agenda. Through 16 screenings FILMS FOR TRANSPARENCY aims to open both eyes and hearts to what is going on in other countries and under our very noses.

DIRECTOR: Johan Grimonprez
LENGTH: 94 min.
YEAR: 2016
LANGUAGE: English
SPEAKERS: Andrew Feinstein, Paul Holden (Corruption Watch), Amira El-Sayed (Transparency International)

SHADOW WORLD is a cinematic documentary that reveals the shocking realities of the global arms trade - the only business that counts its profits in billions and its losses in human lives. Directed by artist/filmmaker Johan Grimonprez (dial H-I-S-T-O-R-Y), the film is in part based on the acclaimed book "The Shadow World: Inside the Global Arms Trade," by Corruption Watch-UK founder Andrew Feinstein.

Speakers

Amira El-Sayed

Project Manager - Networks, Transparency International - Defence and Security

Amira is Transparency International - Defence and Security’s Project Manager - Networks, and is responsible for building and coordinating the network of TI chapters working on defence anti-corruption. She is currently driving TI-DS’s campaign for global standards for responsible defence and security governance. Previously, she ran TI DS’s Africa Programme and before that was a member of the Transparency International Secretariat... Read More →

Andrew Feinstein

Author of The Shadow World

Andrew Feinstein served as an African National Congress (ANC) Member of Parliament in South Africa for over seven years. He was initially chairperson of the Finance & Economics Committee in the Gauteng Legislature where he assisted in the establishment of a provincial Treasury and a new Economic Affairs Department. He also acted as economic adviser to the provincial Finance and Economic Affairs Minister and the provincial premier at the time... Read More →