Videos produced for The new Arab
Two and a half years since the devastating Beirut port explosion, and justice still seems elusive for Beirutis and those who lost their lives. Many in Beirut – especially those who live neart the port – are still suffering from PTSD and other health repercussions. This is Feryal's story about how she's still impacted by the blast more than two years later.
Director, Producer, Camera Operator, and Editor: Alexander Durie
Assistant Producer: Sofia Aboudari / Journalist: Will Christou / Translator: Aisha Aldris
The British-Egyptian activist and revolutionary writer Alaa Abdel Fattah was one of the leading voices of the Egyptian revolution in 2011 and has been imprisoned for most of the time since by Sisi's regime for his pro-democracy activism. He was on a partial hunger strike since March 2022 and went on a water strike at the start of COP27 on November 6.
This short film looks at how Alaa’s sisters' are campaigning to save their brother from London, and why they deemed that COP27 was the most opportune moment to fight for his freedom, as it intersects their fight for human rights and climate justice.
Director, Producer, Camera Operator, and Editor: Alexander Durie
Assistant Producer: Shahla Omar
Videos produced for ARTE France
Interview with Melvin McNair, former member of the Black Panther Party, in Caen, Normandy, his adopted city after fleeing the US by hijacking a plane with his wife and children, first to Algeria to join other Black Panther revolutionaries, and then to France.
Video produced for ARTE’s release of the PBS documentary "The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution" by Stanley Nelson. (25 November 2020)
Interview with Eric Albert, correspondent for Le Monde in London, about the personal life and career of media mogul Rupert Murdoch, for ARTE’s release of the BBC documentary “The Rise of the Murdoch Dynasty.” (17 March 2021)
Pandemic by the Pool - A Short film by alexander durie
A short independent documentary film produced in lockdown in the South of France in April 2020. Featuring Line Itani and Morgan Edwards, in English, Arabic and French (with English subtitles).
Video produced for The Bureau of Investigative Journalism
In a joint investigation with Repórter Brasil and The Guardian, we found that the world's largest beef supplier is buying cattle from a company that illegally grazes its cows on deforested land. Read The Bureau’s story on Amazon deforestation here.