Escaping Eritrea is a 2021 English documentary episode produced and directed by Evan Williams.[1] The co-producers are Daffodil Altan, Priyanka Boghani, Daniel Edge, Max Green, Erika Howard, Michelle Mizner and Evan Williams. The real footage was taken by Michael, who was also a refugee from Eritrea who moved to Europe. He put the camera in a jacket pocket with a hole and began filming what was going on around him.[2][3]
| Escaping Eritrea | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Evan Williams |
| Music by | Nicholas A. Phillips |
| Original language | English |
| Production | |
| Producer | Evan Williams |
| Cinematography | Real footage |
| Editors | Deb Holland Bradley Manning |
| Running time | 53 minutes |
| Production companies | PBS Channel 4 |
| Original release | |
| Release | 4 May 2021 |
The documentary based on the refugee crisis between 2015 and 2016 occurred across the Mediterranean where large groups coming across into Europe from Eritrea.[4] It took five years for the investigations and some secretly documented footage inside a prison also included in the documentary.[5] It made its television premier on 4 May 2021 on PBS through Frontline in United States and later telecast in Channel 4 in the United Kingdom.[6][7]
Cast edit
- Isias Afwerki - President of Eritrea (archive footage)
- Priyanka Boghani - Reporter
- Sarah Childress - Reporter
- Yemane Gebreab - Adviser to president of Eritrea (archive footage)
- Sheila B. Keetharuth - Former U.N. Special Rapporteur on Human Rights in Eritrea
- Sophie Okonedo - Narrator (voice)
- Mike Smith - Chair Commission of Inquiry on Human Rights in Eritrea (archive footage)
- Hanna Petros Solomon - Eritrean refugee and activist
- Evan Williams - Reporter
- Judy Woodruff
- Katie Worth - Reporter
References edit
- ^ Singh, Anita (16 June 2021). "Undercover in Africa's Secret State: Dispatches, review: this report on Eritrea was truly brave journalism". The Telegraph. Retrieved 2 October 2021.
- ^ Taddonio, Patrice (4 May 2021). "'I Didn't Lose Hope': Meet a Man Who Risked His Life to Secretly Film Inside One of Eritrea's Brutal Prisons". FRONTLINE. Retrieved 2 October 2021.
- ^ "Escaping Eritrea: FRONTLINE". 4 May 2021. Retrieved 2 October 2021.
- ^ Petros, Michael (2 June 2021). "Reflections on the documentary 'Escaping Eritrea'". One Day Seyoum. Retrieved 2 October 2021.
- ^ Boghani, Priyanka (4 May 2021). "'Escaping Eritrea' Filmmaker Evan Williams Describes 'Phenomenal Sacrifice' of Eritreans Sneaking Footage Out of Country". FRONTLINE. Retrieved 2 October 2021.
- ^ "Escaping Eritrea". FRONTLINE. Retrieved 2 October 2021.
- ^ "Escaping Eritrea". pbsinternational.org. Retrieved 2 October 2021.
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Accolades edit
2021 Peabody Award Winner