Stratford-upon-Avon Literary Festival

BAFTA Award winning filmmaker Ben Anderson

Date/time:
Sat 28th April 2012
3.30pm
Venue:
Shakespeare Centre
Price:
£10

The BAFTA Award winning filmmaker Ben Anderson talks about his experiences in Afghanistan, profiled in his book No Worse Enemy.

Ben Anderson is the only journalist to have been present with UK & US troops for every major battle in Afghanistan over the past 5 years.  He is a BAFTA-nominated filmmaker, and has been writing, filming and presenting documentaries for BBC’s Panorama and Channel 4’s Dispatches for the past 14 years. He spent months in Helmand (Afghanistan’s most violent province), accompanying troops on their lengthy and highly dangerous tours.

 

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