記錄片《記者》(Reporter)慈善首映

香港中文大學新聞與傳播學院校友會於2011年6月18日(星期六)舉行了一場慈善首映,播放第四屆「難民電影節」的其中一套紀錄片──《記者》(Reporter),為聯合國難民署籌款,吸引逾一百名校友及學生參加。

《記者》曾獲提名角逐2009年辛丹士電影節(Sundance Film Festival)的最佳紀錄片,講述《紐約時報》記者紀思道(Nicholas Kristof)在剛果民主共和國的採訪行蹤。紀思道是兩屆普立茲獎的得主,因為他的報道,蘇丹的達爾富爾衝突才得到國際社會的關注。

我們更邀請了資深記錄片監製兼校友區家麟先生及戰地記者張翠容小姐於放映後跟觀眾討論。他們認為現今香港媒體鮮有採訪非洲等發展中國家,並非因為資源緊絀,而是資源分配的問題。校友則認為今次電影會很有意義,希望校友會日後繼續舉辦更多不同類型的活動。

 

Charity Premiere “Reporter”

The event, held on 18 June 2011, was organized by the CUHK Journalism and Communication Alumni Association. One of the 4th Refugee Film Festival’s movies, “Reporter”, was shown as a charity premiere. More than 100 alumni and students crowded the venue.

“Reporter” is a feature documentary about Nicholas Kristof, the two-time Pulitzer Prize winning columnist for the New York Times, who almost single-handedly put the crisis in Darfur on the world map. The film puts the viewer in Kristof’s pocket, revealing the man and his methods, and just how and why real reporting is vital to our democracy, our world-awareness, and our capacity to be a force for good.

After the film show, Mr. Au Ka-lun Allan, veteran documentary producer and Ms. Cheung Chui-yung Susanna, renowned journalist and war correspondent, shared their thoughts on the film. They held the view that media in Hong Kong seldom covers stories in developing countries not because of the lack of resources but the resource allocation problem. Alumni commented that it was a meaningful experience and hoped that the Alumni Association would continue to hold different kinds of activities in the future.







校友及同學均踴躍捐款予聯合國難民署。
Alumni and students made donations to United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) with great enthusiasm.



校友張宏艷指到貧窮國家採訪目睹悲慘景象時,總是感到無能為力。
Ms. Cheung Wang-yim Lavender expressed that she felt helpless whenever she witnessed the miserable conditions as she made reports in poor countries.



張翠容小姐認為,若記者沒有足夠的知識,即使有機會到戰地採訪,仍會感到茫然。
Ms. Cheung Chui-yung Susanna thought that even if reporters got the chance to explore in the battlefield, they would be puzzled if they did not armed themselves with knowledge.



區家麟先生認為道出真相是記者的天職,但不要妄想能夠改變世界。
Mr. Au Ka-lun Allan thought that the mission of journalists is to excavate the truth but not to change the world.