Pak woman filmmaker wins one more award

August 26, 2004

Published: Thursday, 26 August, 2004, 11:55 AM Doha Time

WASHINGTON: Sharmeen Obaid Chinoy, the Pakistani-Canadian documentary filmmaker, has won one more award, after having been declared the Broadcast Journalist of the Year by One World Media, a London-based organisation.
Her documentary The New Apartheid has been called a remarkable documentation of how South Africa deals with the increasing number of illegal immigrants crossing the border from Zimbabwe attempting to escape President Robert Mugabe’s regime.
Many South Africans blame the increasing crime rates and unemployment on the Zimbabwean immigrants and the documentary reveals the growing violence perpetuated by racism and xenophobia.
The jury said of the Karachi-born filmmaker’s work: “Sharmeen Obaid Chinoy has a style all of her own. Her report from South Africa was a dramatic piece of television, but it was also a very even-handed exposition of the problems caused by migration in Southern Africa. She is broadcaster of great presence who hits a story from every angle to communicate directly with her audience.”
She began her career with New York Times Television in 2002 for which she produced Terror’s Children - a film about Afghan refugee children.
That documentary won three awards. She also made a film on the resurgence Islamic fundamentalism in Pakistan, followed by a documentary on women of Saudi Arabia. Since 2003, she has produced and written for Frontline World, the award winning series on PBS.
Her documentaries On a Razor’s Edge and Cold Comfort explore the complex issues that confront Pakistan since the start of the war against terrorism. —Internews
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Pak woman filmmaker wins one more award - Gulf Times

August 19, 2004

Published: Thursday, 26 August, 2004, 11:55 AM Doha Time
WASHINGTON: Sharmeen Obaid Chinoy, the Pakistani-Canadian documentary filmmaker, has won one more award, after having been declared the Broadcast Journalist of the Year by One World Media, a London-based organisation.
Her documentary The New Apartheid has been called a remarkable documentation of how South Africa deals with the increasing number of illegal immigrants crossing the border from Zimbabwe attempting to escape President Robert Mugabe’s regime.
Many South Africans blame the increasing crime rates and unemployment on the Zimbabwean immigrants and the documentary reveals the growing violence perpetuated by racism and xenophobia.
The jury said of the Karachi-born filmmaker’s work: “Sharmeen Obaid Chinoy has a style all of her own. Her report from South Africa was a dramatic piece of television, but it was also a very even-handed exposition of the problems caused by migration in Southern Africa. She is broadcaster of great presence who hits a story from every angle to communicate directly with her audience.”
She began her career with New York Times Television in 2002 for which she produced Terror’s Children - a film about Afghan refugee children.
That documentary won three awards. She also made a film on the resurgence Islamic fundamentalism in Pakistan, followed by a documentary on women of Saudi Arabia. Since 2003, she has produced and written for Frontline World, the award winning series on PBS.
Her documentaries On a Razor’s Edge and Cold Comfort explore the complex issues that confront Pakistan since the start of the war against terrorism. —Internews

August 1, 2004

In August Re-inventing the Taliban was screened at the 5th Annual South Asian Film Festival in Toronto.