Humanitarian Media Foundation (HMF)'s Blog (11)

The Humanitarian Media Foundation (HMF) can now be found on Facebook...please make sure to invite your Facebook friends and contacts to join the cause! Please let them know they may, too, become members here on the HMF site. Donations can only be made via this page (and are tax-deductible via secured server on Network for Good/ Groundspring), as we can then make sure that you receive any gifts, etc., to w… Continue

We would like to open this site to member reviews of humanitarian-related film, television, books, artist and photographer exhibitions, and feature articles--and more which involve humanitarian subject matter and any medium. Reviews can be posted from your member blog or discussion thread, and links for the best and most evocative reviews will be featured on the front page of this site. For any questions, please contact us at pr@humanitarianmedia.org. Continue

We wanted to let everyone know that we are now featuring the MSF/Doctors Without Borders Feed on http://www.humanitarianmedia.org. This is in addition to newsfeeds from Reuters AlertNet and the OCHA via the UN. Available via the MSF/DWB feed are podcasts, videos, press releases and news articles. Also, the HMF will soon be featuring additional content from featured parties monthly, including relevant individuals, humanitarian organizations, aid agencies, journalists, artists, writers, photograp… Continue

In a press release by Doctors Without Borders/MSF, in listing the top ten most underreported humanitarian stories of 2007, one paragraph was, to us, of great importance: "Certainly, many members of the press go to great lengths to report on what is taking place in conflict zones around the world," said Nicolas de Torrenté, executive director of MSF-USA. "But millions of people trapped in war, forced from their homes, and lacking the most basic medical care, d… Continue

IMPORTANT INFORMATION: 2008 HMF INTERNATIONAL FILM/MEDIA FESTIVAL & CONFERENCE To those who have submitted conference abstracts, art/photography, and films/television segments/PDA's for the 2008 HMF International Film/Media Festival & Conference: Because of the mass number of submissions for conference abstracts, film, and art/photography, and the interest in the HMF Film/Media Festival & Conference, including for attendance purposes, we are taking the opportunity to move t… Continue

With the breaking news that former Bosnian Serb leader and war criminal suspect Radovan Karadzic has finally been captured, we wanted to post the following for further information: VII Photo Lightbox images CNN Story: Bosnia War Crime Suspect Karadzic Arrested Continue

*** NOTE: Because of the overwhelming response to our Call for Papers, our servers have been overloaded; for those having problems sending abstract(s) via conferencepaper@humanitarianmedia.org, we have set up a non-server e-mail address: HMFConferencePaper@gmail.com ____________ Call for Papers for the 2008 HMF International Film/Media Festival & Conference The 2008 HMF International Film/Media Conference will be taking place concurrently with the 2008 HMF Internati… Continue

Review: The Lives of Others (Original Post: August 30, 2007) In finally being able to see movies–and read material–that I’ve wanted and needed to get to for some time, last night I watched the DVD of The Lives of Others, which I wanted to mention here, having been both extraordinary, and a film which talks about the power of what it means to be a good man–and fully alive–in the atmosphere of Communism in East Germany before the collapse of the Berlin Wall, and in fact, the Iron Curtain i… Continue

This was originally published on August 27, 2007 on the previous blog site of the HMF. In light of Darfur and numerous other humanitarian crises, including those of present instances of genocide and human rights abuses, this is being reprinted. For many, they have never read the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, (adopted and proclaimed by General Assembly resolution 217 A (III) December 10, 1948) nor know of its history. (See http://… Continue

Since WWII, several genocides have happened in those following decades, despite the consistent cries of “Never again.” It is disheartening to know that humanity has turned a blind eye to the suffering of people under the most horrific circumstances–whether in the case of civil war and/or the malignant influence of despotic forces who would rather fill their own coffers, broker deals with nations who could give a damn about anything other than geographical influence or the attainment of natural r… Continue

My warmest welcome to those first members--and those who find us soon following--our launch, and our HMF website going live. Please know how pleased we are to have you here. it is our warm hope that you--the filmmakers, writers, artists, journalists, photographers, those involved with international NGO's and aid agencies, international policy institutions, international philanthropy, responsible corporations interested in and involved with humanita… Continue