If you follow the news and like living in a democracy, The Journalism Film Festival is a chance to get together with friends, classmates or co-workers and celebrate the vital contribution journalism makes in our lives....or it's just a good time to get out of the house and watch a movie on a big screen.
We're proud to present "Whiskey Tango Foxtrot" - Introduced by CTV Kitchener
The film is based in Kim Barker's 2012 memoir "The Taliban shuffle: Strange Days in Afghanistan and Pakistan."
In 2002, cable news producer Kim Barker decides to shake up her routine by taking a daring new assignment in Kabul, Afghanistan. Dislodged from her comfortable American lifestyle, Barker finds herself in the middle of an out-of-control war zone. Luckily, she meets Tanya Vanderpoel, a fellow journalist who takes the shell-shocked reporter under her wing. Amid the militants, warlords and nighttime partying, Barker discovers the key to becoming a successful correspondent.
This festival is presented by ink-stainedwretches.org and partners Grand River Film Festival; World Press Freedom Canada; CBC-KW; CTV Kitchener; Mike Farwell and CityNews; and the Waterloo Region Record. For more info, see journalismfilmfest.com.
Other Films:
- Writing with Fire (March)
- All the President's Men (May)
- Network (June)