Conor Cruise O’Brien

Soğuk Savaş'ın en gerilimli döneminde, caz müziği ve Kongo'nun dekolonizasyon süreci iç içe geçer. Film, 1960'ta Kongo'nun bağımsızlığını, Batı destekli ilk darbeyi ve ABD'nin dikkat dağıtmak için caz elçisi Louis Armstrong'u kullanmasını konu alır. 1961'de lider Patrice Lumumba'nın CIA destekli bir suikastla öldürülmesinin ardından, müzisyenler Abbey Lincoln ve Max Roach'un emperyalizme karşı sanatsal direnişi ve olayın Soğuk Savaş'taki yankıları gözler önüne serilir.

Irish-born journalist Peter Lennon examines the contemporary (1967) state of the Republic of Ireland, posing the question, “What do you do with your revolution once you’ve got it?” It argues that Ireland was dominated by cultural isolationism, Gaelic and clerical traditionalism at the time of its making.

This topical debate series based on Any Questions? typically features politicians from at least the three major political parties as well as other public figures who answer pre-selected questions put to them by a carefully selected audience.

World in Action was Granada Television’s flagship ITV current affairs series, running from 7 Jan 1963 to 7 Dec 1998, and built a reputation for film-led investigative reporting and a forceful editorial stance. Its journalism produced major public and political repercussions—including investigations associated with miscarriages of justice such as the Birmingham Six—and it also served as a platform for landmark documentary projects, including the first broadcast of “Seven Up!” as part of the strand in 1964.