The State We're In
Stories for podcast & radio show "The State We're In" at Radio Netherlands Worldwide, broadcasted via African stations, NPR USA, CBC Canada, ABC Australia. The show was structured loosely around the tagline “how we treat people around the world” and focussed on personal stories. The stories underneath are trailer length cuts, for original lengths see audio information.
Script, interview, editing, directing, production & research: Diana Steenbergen
In 2013 'Benghazi Blogger' received a Gold Medal & Grand Award in the category
'Best Coverage of Ongoing News Story' at the New York Festivals.
“Mohamed” (not his real name) is a blogger and journalist in Benghazi, Libya. After taking a photo of an army vehicle, he was imprisoned for six days where he and several other prisoners were beaten and raped. He is still too ashamed to tell anyone what happened to him. Original length The State We're In 15'17, listen here bit.ly/1n1WO0o (Picture: Al Jazeera English bit.ly/1pWuqzr)
Taher Moslimany and Rita Isaac are madly in love. Both are Palestinian, and madly in love. But he lives in Israel and she lives in Gaza. They’ve seen each other only once in their whole relationship -- and that’s when Taher crawled through illegal tunnels leading into Gaza to attend their wedding. Original length 12'23 Listen here bit.ly/1jfFbI1
Taher Moslimany and Rita Isaac are madly in love. Both are Palestinian, but he lives in Israel and she lives in Gaza. They’ve seen each other only once in their whole relationship -- and that’s when Taher crawled through illegal tunnels leading into Gaza to attend their wedding. Original length 12'23 Listen herebit.ly/1jfFbI1
Carel Wiemers in the Netherlands had almost forgotten his childhood friend Hans - until he saw a picture of him in an exhibition featuring children who were sent to concentration camps. Then Carel realized he was there the day the Nazis came for Hans and his family and how - had it not been for the breathtaking courage of Hans’s mother, he’d have been sent to the camps, too
Carel Wiemers in the Netherlands had almost forgotten his childhood friend Hans - until he saw a picture of him in an exhibition featuring children who were sent to concentration camps.
Then Carel realized he was there the day the Nazis came for Hans and his family and how - had it not been for the breathtaking courage of Hans’s mother- he’d have been sent to the camps, too.