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LOVE YOUR LEADER ABOVE ALL THINGS
Jon Sistiaga / 52´/ 2008 / Spain / Betacam SP
"Our leaders are never wrong!", states a senior civil servant of the Government of North Korea. When the journalist asks him what will happen when they are wrong, whether they can be replaced, the same civil servant thinks a while and replies, "I do not know. That has never happened." Thus begins the report by Jon Sistiaga, "Love your leader above all things", a journey through the final bastion of communism on the planet where they still live with the thought processes of the Cold War. An immense gulag of Stalinist inspiration where the personality cult of the leader, Kim Jong Il, is obligatory if you do not wish to end up in a re-education camp. This is the ninth nuclear power, which boasts of its military strength, while half the population lives on the limits of malnutrition.
DIRECTION: Jon Sistiaga - PRODUCCIÓN: Cuatro
Jon Sistiaga / 52´/ 2008 / Spain / Betacam SP
"Our leaders are never wrong!", states a senior civil servant of the Government of North Korea. When the journalist asks him what will happen when they are wrong, whether they can be replaced, the same civil servant thinks a while and replies, "I do not know. That has never happened." Thus begins the report by Jon Sistiaga, "Love your leader above all things", a journey through the final bastion of communism on the planet where they still live with the thought processes of the Cold War. An immense gulag of Stalinist inspiration where the personality cult of the leader, Kim Jong Il, is obligatory if you do not wish to end up in a re-education camp. This is the ninth nuclear power, which boasts of its military strength, while half the population lives on the limits of malnutrition.
DIRECTION: Jon Sistiaga - PRODUCCIÓN: Cuatro
LOS LEGIONARIOS DE ALÁ / THE LEGIONNAIRES OF ALLAH
Jon Sistiaga / 52´/ 2008 / España / Spain / Betacam SP
The Salafi sts, the Tablighi, the Muslim Brotherhood.some of the best-known Muslim fundamentalist groups and sects have been entering Spain for a number of years. They are pious and honest in the judgement of some but for others they are violent and intolerant. The fact is that movements such as Salafism, unknown to the western world until Bin Laden and Al Qaeda began to kill in their name, are able to bring together around 4000 people each year in Catalonia in conventions that are blessed by the authorities. "When people hear the word "Salafist" immediately they begin to think of a terrorist, but there is good Salafism, which only intends to follow the steps of the Prophet Mohammed. If Mohammed is a terrorist, so are we all" states the leader of this movement in Spain, Said el Hamdouni.
DIRECTION: Jon Sistiaga - PRODUCTION: Cuatro
Jon Sistiaga / 52´/ 2008 / España / Spain / Betacam SP
The Salafi sts, the Tablighi, the Muslim Brotherhood.some of the best-known Muslim fundamentalist groups and sects have been entering Spain for a number of years. They are pious and honest in the judgement of some but for others they are violent and intolerant. The fact is that movements such as Salafism, unknown to the western world until Bin Laden and Al Qaeda began to kill in their name, are able to bring together around 4000 people each year in Catalonia in conventions that are blessed by the authorities. "When people hear the word "Salafist" immediately they begin to think of a terrorist, but there is good Salafism, which only intends to follow the steps of the Prophet Mohammed. If Mohammed is a terrorist, so are we all" states the leader of this movement in Spain, Said el Hamdouni.
DIRECTION: Jon Sistiaga - PRODUCTION: Cuatro
SERGEANT, WHAT ARE WE SHOOTING AT?
Jon Sistiaga / 54´/ 2007 / Spain / Betacam SP
"There are things that we do that are not good, but that is our work." replies an American soldier in Baghdad to the camera from Spain's Channel Four. For ten days, Jon Sistiaga has been embedded in Iraq with a cavalry unit of the US Army which is devoted to fighting against the insurgency on the front line. During this time, the reporter remained with the soldiers, patrolling with them, felt the same fear as them or has seen their arbitrary acts towards the civil population.
DIRECTION: Jon Sistiaga - PRODUCTION: Cuatro
Jon Sistiaga / 54´/ 2007 / Spain / Betacam SP
"There are things that we do that are not good, but that is our work." replies an American soldier in Baghdad to the camera from Spain's Channel Four. For ten days, Jon Sistiaga has been embedded in Iraq with a cavalry unit of the US Army which is devoted to fighting against the insurgency on the front line. During this time, the reporter remained with the soldiers, patrolling with them, felt the same fear as them or has seen their arbitrary acts towards the civil population.
DIRECTION: Jon Sistiaga - PRODUCTION: Cuatro