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It was a privilege to film Darren over a year, getting to know him and his family and document his life with #LongCovid. You can watch the film below 👇
The Guardian have documented a year in my life living with #LongCovid. Please watch this short documentary to learn what it's like living with this debilitating disease and why we need urgent treatments. theguardian.com/society/vide…
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The Settlers, the doc I made for the BBC, is now available to stream in the US on BBC Select. It couldn’t be more timely with the announcement today that the Israeli govt has approved construction of 22 new settlements in the West Bank - which are illegal under international law.
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Israel has just killed Hossam in a targeted strike. He was 23.
I thought it was over and I'd finally get some rest, but the genocide is back in full force, and I'm back on the front lines.
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Honoured to be nominated for an @AmnestyUK Media Award for my reporting @guardian inside the war on Kush in Sierra Leone. Thanks to my amazing producer @FranRankin I hope this film will continue to evoke emotion for actions 🙏 theguardian.com/news/video/2… #AmnestyMediaAwards
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Honoured to be nominated for an @AmnestyUK Media Award for my reporting @guardian inside the war on Kush in Sierra Leone. Thanks to my amazing producer @FranRankin I hope this film will continue to evoke emotion for actions 🙏 theguardian.com/news/video/2… #AmnestyMediaAwards
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📽️"I'm not being the parent I should be..." @DarrenBar88 on living with #LongCovid - he's unable to leave the house and feels invisible Investment in research is desparately needed in order to find treatments Thanks to @arsprenga for highlighting theguardian.com/society/vide…
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Huge thank you to @DarrenBar88 for giving this insight in to the impact of #LongCovid on his life over a year. “It’s kind of like I don’t exist… People are housebound, so we’re invisible and that has an effect on how society view us, how politicians view us” #CureLongCovid
The Guardian have documented a year in my life living with #LongCovid. Please watch this short documentary to learn what it's like living with this debilitating disease and why we need urgent treatments. theguardian.com/society/vide…
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Darren is one of about 2 million people living with #LongCovid in England and Scotland, he is too ill too work and talks about losing his job, and the lack of investment into research for treatments to help people back to work,
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Thank you for sharing 🙏 link to the full film is below
📺Emotive, beautifully shot doc by The Guardian of a year with Long Covid with @DarrenBar88 It powerfully depicts the devastating impact #LongCovid is still having on individuals, families and society. And how the government needs to do more to resolve this crisis.
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Thank you to @DarrenBar88 and @guardian for sharing the #LongCovid experience. A gentle reminder that our next Long Covid Nurse Group meeting on the theme 'Looking After Yourself' takes place Tues 21 Jan, 10-11.30 via Zoom. qni.org.uk/news-and-events/e…

The Guardian have documented a year in my life living with #LongCovid. Please watch this short documentary to learn what it's like living with this debilitating disease and why we need urgent treatments. theguardian.com/society/vide…
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Our Foreign Secretary @DavidLammy says ‘there are no journalists in Gaza’. So who is taking the pictures on our TV screens? Whose are the bylines on newspaper reports? Who are the journalists winning all the awards? Palestinian journalists risking their lives to bring the news.
At the @CommonsForeign earlier this week @DavidLammy falsely states that there are no journalists in Gaza when discussing the UK government's inability to verify who is behind the looting of aid trucks. He fails to elaborate or discuss the now over 137 journalists and media workers killed by Israel in Gaza since October last year. He doesn't mention Israel's systematic targeting of journalists in Palestine as part of concerted efforts to shut down access to information and he doesn't comment on Israel's mass disinformation campaign. He goes on to relay that no politicians like him are able to go to Gaza, but does not say why this is the case. The answer of course is that Israel has banned international journalist from entering Gaza, has systematically targeted Palestinian journalists and media workers in Gaza, and will not permit delegations from countries like the UK to get anywhere near Gaza unless its for a tour of the kibbutz in the Gaza envelope to hear anti-Palestinian propaganda and meet with Israeli military officials. I would urge @DavidLammy to read the latest from @pressfreedom on journalists killed in the Israel-Gaza war published just three days ago: cpj.org/2024/11/journalist-c… I would also be curious to find out the reaction of Gaza-based Palestinian journalists such as @Hind_Gaza @MahaGaza @HossamShabat & @AnasAlSharif0 to this claim by our Foreign Secretary. It seems as though Palestinian journalists and their coverage doesn't matter much to the UK government?
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The hardline Israeli settlers planning their future homes in Gaza
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The #NewsEmmys Award for Outstanding Hard News Feature Story: Short Form goes to It’s Bisan from Gaza and I’m Still Alive | Aj Reports (@ajplus).
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Beautiful to see so many anti-fascists turning out to protect Asylum Link in Liverpool tonight. Will mean so much to the incredible, tireless team inside. We did a film following just a little of their work late last year: theguardian.com/world/video/…
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Rehab places are limited and we saw how some are turning to kush ‘healers’ who are putting patients in metal chains.
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Shot and produced by me with the best team @MohamedSaiduBah, Bruno Rinvolucri, Ophaniel Gooding and exec’d by @studiocanoe and @katielambornyes
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