Podcast appearances and mentions of Ramona S Diaz

On June 30, 2022, the Philippines inaugurates a new president: — Ferdinand Marcos Jr., son of the former President Ferdinand Marcos Sr. who ruled for a time under martial law and was overthrown in 1986. Marcos Jr., also known as Bongbong Marcos, was voted into office in a May 2022 landslide victory alongside vice presidential candidate Sara Duterte, daughter of the outgoing President Rodrigo Duterte. In 2021, as the race was heating up, FRONTLINE executive producer and host of The FRONTLINE Dispatch Raney Aronson-Rath sat down with Maria Ressa: a winner of the 2021 Nobel Peace Prize, founder of the independent Philippine news site Rappler and the subject of FRONTLINE's January 2021 documentary "A Thousand Cuts." Along with the documentary's director, Ramona S. Diaz, Ressa talked about disinformation, the importance of press freedom, and what she and Diaz were seeing on the ground in the Philippines during the historic campaign season. "A Thousand Cuts" is streaming on FRONTLINE's website, the PBS Video app and FRONTLINE's YouTube channel. Explore more reporting related to the documentary on FRONTLINE's website: https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/film/a-thousand-cuts/ Want to be notified every time a new podcast episode drops? Sign up for The FRONTLINE Dispatch newsletter: https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/dispatch-newsletter-subscription/

Journalist Maria Ressa, a 2021 Nobel Peace Prize winner and the subject of the documentary A Thousand Cuts, joined director Ramona S. Diaz and FRONTLINE's executive producer, Raney Aronson-Rath, for a special conversation prior to the Nobel ceremony. Ressa and her fellow Nobel Peace Prize laureate Dmitry Muratov are the first journalists to receive the prestigious award since 1935. Ressa and her staff at the independent news site Rappler in the Philippines have been at the forefront of reporting on both President Rodrigo Duterte's bloody drug war and the rapid-fire spread of online disinformation in support of Duterte. A Thousand Cuts chronicled how Ressa and Rappler became top targets in Duterte's crackdown on the news media — and how Ressa vowed to “hold the line” in the face of numerous court actions and online harassment. With Ressa now a Nobel Peace Prize winner for her efforts, she joins Diaz and Aronson-Rath to discuss disinformation, the importance of journalism and press freedom, the future of democracy in the Philippines, why she believes the world is in the midst of “a global rise in fascism” similar to the last time a journalist won a Nobel Peace Prize, and how “we need to make sure facts survive.”  “When you live in a world without facts, you can't have truth. You can't have trust,” she says. “And when you don't have that, your shared reality is torn apart.” A Thousand Cuts is now streaming on FRONTLINE's website, the PBS Video app and FRONTLINE's YouTube channel. After Philippine distributors and TV broadcasters did not license the film, FRONTLINE secured full streaming rights in the country so that it would be available for the Philippine public to view via FRONTLINE's platforms. Want to be notified every time a new FRONTLINE podcast episode drops? Sign up for The FRONTLINE Dispatch newsletter.

The award-winning Documentary 'A Thousand Cuts' by Ramona S. Diaz, is a film about Maria Ressa, the founder of the online news site Rappler, which explores the conflicts between the press and the Filipino government under President Rodrigo Duterte. The Freedom Film Network, under their 'Bebaskan Filem. Merdekakan Minda Rakyat' campaign, are organising a limited online screening of the film, and will be hosting an online regional forum titled “Press In Distress. Will independent journalism survive in Southeast Asia?” over the next few days. We find out more about both the film and forum from Anna Har, the co-founder & executive director of the Freedom Film Network, and we also speak to Ian Yee, the co-founder of The Fourth and an investigative journalist and producer with R.AGE.Image credit: PBS Distribution

Welke documentaire mag je deze week absoluut niet missen? 2Doc belt met filmkenner Helmut Boeijen en vraag het hem! Maria Ressa richtte het Filipijnse nieuwsplatform Rappler op. Inmiddels telt haar journalistieke bedrijf meer dan honderd journalisten. Rappler stelde de moorden op vermeende, vaak arme drugsgebruikers in het land aan de kaak, die president Rodrigo Duterte straffeloos liet uitvoeren in naam van zijn 'War on Drugs'. Maria Ressa berichtte over de moorden en werd vervolgens zelf bedreigd. 'A Thousand Cuts' is geregisseerd door Ramona S. Diaz, en wordt vertoont op het Movies That Matter festival en wordt uitgezonden op NPO 2 door BNNVARA. '2Doc belt met Boeijen' is een podcast van het documentaire-platform 2doc.nl. Voor de documentaire, een Q&A over de film op het Movies That Matter Festival, en méér ga je naar 2doc.nl/podcast. Redacteur: Kitty Munnichs

This week, we talk about Philippine journalist and founder of the media company Rappler, Maria Ressa! An advocate (and activist) for press freedom, Maria Ressa is a Libra Sun who has been documenting and calling for free speech, her own freedom, and the future of democracy. Born in the metro Manila, raised in New Jersey, educated at Princeton, and choosing to call home the Philippines, Maria Ressa has survived criticism and legal warfare from the highest courts of social media, the Philippines elite, and Malacañang Palace. She’s currently 57 years old and in a 10H profection year. Listen in for more! For further study: Please watch "A Thousand Cuts" directed by Ramona S. Diaz -- 00:00:00 - Intro (Mercury Rx!) 00:12:59 - Maria Ressa 00:49:51 - Poem "Freedom" by Saadi Youssef 00:54:24 - Shout-outs

In this bonus episode, cohosts Bart and Chris revisit their favorite documentaries of 2020, and then invite, each in turn, six guest hosts from the past year to chat about their own favorites. Those guests, in alphabetical order, are: Hannah Buchdahl, Sandie Angulo Chen, Leslie Combemale, Roxana Hadadi, Lisa Sanchelo and Debra Zimmerman. Chris and Bart each gave a Top 10, while our guests each listed a Top 5. Those lists follows, below, in the order given on the episode. Enjoy, and see you in 2021! Chris’s List (in alphabetical order): Boys State (Amanda McBaine/Jesse Moss) Capital in the Twenty-First Century (Justin Pemberton) Collective (Alexander Nanau) Crip Camp (James Lebrecht/Nicole Newnham)  Jimmy Carter: Rock & Roll President (Mary Wharton) John Lewis: Good Trouble (Dawn Porter) Mayor (David Osit) 76 Days (Hao Wu/Weixi Chen/Anonymous) Space Dogs (Elsa Kremser/Levin Peter) A Thousand Cuts (Ramona S. Diaz) Bart’s List (in alphabetical order): Boys State (Amanda McBaine/Jesse Moss) Capital in the Twenty-First Century (Justin Pemberton) Disclosure (Sam Feder) Feels Good Man (Arthur Jones) Jasper Mall(Bradford Thomason/Brett Whitcomb) John Lewis: Good Trouble (Dawn Porter) The Last Dance (Jason Hehir) (10-part Netflix series) Mayor (David Osit) A Thousand Cuts (Ramona S. Diaz) Totally Under Control (Alex Gibney) Sandie’s List (in alphabetical order): Boys State (Amanda McBaine/Jesse Moss) The Dissident (Bryan Fogel) John Lewis: Good Trouble (Dawn Porter) River City Drumbeat (Anne Flatté/Marlon Johnson) Time (Garrett Bradley) Hannah’s List (in order of preference): Collective (Alexander Nanau) Tie: John Lewis: Good Trouble (Dawn Porter) / The Way I See It (Dawn Porter) Jimmy Carter: Rock & Roll President (Mary Wharton) Tie: The Dissident (Bryan Fogel) / A Thousand Cuts (Ramona Diaz) Bruce Springsteen’s Letter to You (Thom Zimny) Debra’s List (in order of preference): Collective (Alexander Nanau) Tie: Belly of the Beast (Erika Cohn) / Coded Bias (Shalini Kantayya) Capital in the Twenty-First Century (Justin Pemberton) Tie: Dick Johnson Is Dead (Kirsten Johnson) / Time (Garrett Bradley) The Earth Is Blue as an Orange (Iryna Tsilyk) – not yet released Roxana’s List (in alphabetical order): Boys State (Amanda McBaine/Jesse Moss) Diana Kennedy: Nothing Fancy (Elizabeth Carroll) The Last Dance (Jason Hehir) (10-part Netflix series Midnight in Paris (James Blagden/Roni Moore) Time (Garrett Bradley) Lisa’s List (in alphabetical order): American Murder: The Family Next Door (Jenny Popplewell) Athlete A (Bonni Cohen/Jon Shenk) Baby God (Hannah Olson) Becoming (Nadia Hallgren) Class Action Park (Seth Porges/Chris Charles Scott III) Leslie’s List (in order of preference):  Crip Camp (James Lebrecht/Nicole Newnham)  Welcome to Chechnya (David France) The Painter and the Thief (Benjamin Ree) Boys State (Amanda McBaine/Jesse Moss) John Lewis: Good Trouble (Dawn Porter) Other Films Mentioned: Born to Be (Tania Cypriano) The Disrupted (Sarah Colt/Josh Gleason) The Fight (Eli Despres/Josh Kriegman/Elyse Steinberg) Icarus (Bryan Fogel) The Mole Agent (Maite Alberdi) The Social Dilemma (Jeff Orlowski) Timestamps: 00:52 – Intro + Chris and Bart’s respective Top 10 lists 11:31 – Sandie Angulo Chen’s top docs of the year 18:02 – Hannah Buchdahl’s top docs of the year 23:58 – Debra Zimmerman’s top docs of the year 30:03 – Roxana Hadadi’s top docs of the year 37:11 – Lisa Sanchelo’s top docs of the year 43:42 – Leslie Combemale’s top docs of the year 50:51 – Closing + End credits Website/Email: www.fogoftruth.com disinfo@fogoftruth.com Credits: Artwork by Hilary Campbell Intro music by Jeremiah Moore Transitional music by BELLS≥ (thanks to Christopher Ernst) Editing and shownotes by Christopher Llewellyn Reed

A Thousand Cuts is a documentary that is currently being featured virtually in several film festivals around the country including the 2020 Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival which is how I had the opportunity to see it. Director Ramona Diaz generously took the time to talk about her movie and her amazing career. Thank you for listening to the TwoOhSix Podcast where we talk about movies with the people who make them.

AFI Summit Doc Roundtable: Leading directors behind some of the most talked about and acclaimed documentaries of the year discuss the art of documentary and the creative challenges faced in bringing these extraordinary stories to light. The panel features Ramona S. Diaz (A THOUSAND CUTS), David France (WELCOME TO CHECHNYA), Liz Garbus (ALL IN: THE FIGHT FOR DEMOCRACY), Ron Howard (REBUILDING PARADISE), Kirsten Johnson (DICK JOHNSON IS DEAD), Bao Nguyen (BE WATER), Dawn Porter (THE WAY I SEE IT), and Elyse Steinberg (THE FIGHT). Moderated by producer and film festival curator Caroline Libresco. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

In this episode, Film Forum Presents a conversation with A THOUSAND CUTS filmmaker Ramona S. Diaz and its subject, the Filipino-American investigative journalist Maria Ressa. The film follows Ressa, whose fearless critiques of The Philippines’ autocratic President Rodrigo Duterte, via her popular news site Rappler, recently resulted in an alleged “cyber libel" conviction punishable by up to six years in prison. A THOUSAND CUTS is currently available for home viewing in our Virtual Cinema, at www.filmforum.org. All rental fees support Film Forum. The discussion was moderated by journalist and host of shows on PBS and CNN, Christiane Amanpour.

(8/10/20)In 2016, outsider candidate Rodrigo Duterte upset the political establishment in the Philippines by winning the presidency after promising vengeance and violence. Within hours of him taking office, bodies piled up in the streets. Rappler, the country’s top online news site, investigated the murders and revealed a government-sanctioned drug war targeting poor addicts instead of lucrative dealers. In her latest documentary “A Thousand Cuts,” Filmmaker Ramona S. Diaz documents the increasingly dangerous war between the local press and the Philippine government.

SPEAKERS Maria Ressa CEO and Executive Editor, Rappler; Journalist; Author Ramona S. Diaz Director, A Thousand Cuts Michelle Meow Producer and Host, "The Michelle Meow Show" on KBCW/KPIX TV and Online Radio; Member, Commonwealth Club Board of Governors; Twitter @msmichellemeow—Co-Host John Zipperer Producer and Host, Week to Week Political Roundtable; Vice President of Media & Editorial, The Commonwealth Club—Co-host In response to the Coronavirus COVID-19 outbreak, this program took place and was recorded live via video conference, for an online audience only, and was live-streamed from The Commonwealth Club of California in San Francisco on August 4th, 2020.

Award-wining filmmaker Ramona S. Diaz’s latest documentary, A THOUSAND CUTS, is a blistering indictment of a free press and democracy are under attack in the Philippines. In the face of journalist Maria Ressa and founder of the on-line news site Rappler is holding the line and fighting back against President Rodrigo Duterte’s escalating threats of assignation and death. Duterte smear tactics and threats against Ressa (discredit journalists/media, spread misinformation, attacks on social media) are similar to what other authoritarian leaders are now using against the press. Duterte’s war on truth and journalism has become a blueprint for other authoritarian regimes around the world. A THOUSAND CUTS spotlights Ressa's fight for justice in the country is ongoing as she was found guilty of cyber libel last month in a blatant attempt to silence one of the most outspoken critics of the Philippine President. The alarming result is not only an attack on Democracy in the Philippines, but also a warning shot to the rest of the world. Ressa's lawyer Amal Clooney (also featured in the film) recently penned this Op-Ed  last month underscoring the implications of this trial. Director, Producer, Writer and Co-editor Ramona S. Diaz (Motherland, Imelda) joins us to talk about the suffocating pressure being brought to bear on journalists, her admiration for those who remain committed to a free press and the hope she has for her beloved homeland. 
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Perhaps nowhere is the worldwide erosion of democracy, fueled by social media disinformation campaigns, more starkly evident than in the authoritarian regime of Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte. Journalist Maria Ressa places the tools of the free press—and her freedom—on the line in defense of truth and democracy, and as a result she has faced a series of lawsuits, most recently resulting in a conviction for "cyberlibel" for reporting on Duterte. What makes this outspoken journalist continue her work? What is the situation for independent journalists in The Philippines, where Duterte continues to receive sky-high approval ratings? Join us for an interview with Maria Ressa and Filipino-American documentary filmmaker Ramona S. Diaz. Diaz's new film, A Thousand Cuts, tells Ressa's story and explores the conflicts between the press and Duterte's government. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This special episode is a live recording from the Sundance Film Festival, with Filipino journalist Maria Ressa and filmmaker Ramona S. Diaz. Diaz’s most recent film, A Thousand Cuts, documents Ressa’s work to fight disinformation and the weakening of the Philippines’ democracy.

This week we have slightly divergent feelings about the time commitment required to watch a six-part series on the Grateful Dead. Plus, Bart interviews Ellen Goldfarb of DARE TO BE DIFFERENT. Group Review Documentary: LONG STRANGE TRIP (2017) / (Director: Amir Bar-Lev / Producers: Alex Blavatnik, Ken Dornstein, Eric Eisner, Nick Koskoff, Justin Kreutzmann) Available to stream on Amazon   Film Featured in Interview Portion: DARE TO BE DIFFERENT (2017) / (Director / Producer: Ellen Goldfarb)   Other Documentaries Mentioned: Gaga: Five Foot Two / 2017 (Director: Chris Moukarbel) Stop Making Sense / 1984 (Director: Jonathan Demme) Bob Dylan: Don’t Look Back / 1967 (Director: D.A. Pennebaker) Searching for Sugar Man / 2012 (Director: Malik Bendjelloul) What Happened, Miss Simone? / 2015 (Directors: Liz Garbus, Hal Tulchin) Gimme Shelter / 1970 (Directors: Albert Maysles, David Maysles, Charlotte Zwerin) 20 Feet From Stardom / 2013 (Director: Morgan Neville) Buena Vista Social Club / 1999 (Director: Wim Wenders) Don't Stop Believin': Everyman's Journey / 2012 (Director: Ramona S. Diaz) Motherland / 2017 (Director: Ramona S. Diaz) What's Happening! The Beatles in the U.S.A. / 1964 (Directors: Albert Maysles, David Maysles) Monterey Pop / 1968 (Director: D.A. Pennebaker) David Bowie: The Last Five Years / 2017 (Director: Francis Whately) Cobain: Montage of Heck / 2015 (Director: Brett Morgan) Kurt & Courtney / 1998 (Director: Nick Broomfield) Song to Song / 2017 (Director: Terrence Malick) Bride of Frankenstein / 1935 (Director: James Whale) The Tillman Story / 2010 (Director: Amir Bar-Lev) Happy Valley / 2014 (Director: Amir Bar-Lev) Lemon / 1969 (Director: Hollis Frampton) Marley / 2012 (Director: Kevin Macdonald) Cassette: A Documentary Mixtape  / 2016 (Director: Zach Taylor) Sun Ra: A Joyful Noise / 1980 (Director: Robert Mugge) Too Funny to Fail: The Life and Death of the Dana Carvey Show / 2017 (Director: Josh Greenbaum) Conspiracy Theory Rocks / 1998 (Creator: Robert Smigel)   Timestamps: 12:41 - Group Review of LONG STRANGE TRIP 26:47 - Interview w Ellen Goldfarb, dire 40:20 - Doc Talk   Website/Email: www.fogoftruth.com disinfo@fogoftruth.com   Credits: Artwork by Hilary Campbell Intro music by Jeremiah Moore Transitional music by BELLS (thanks to Christopher Ernst)

Ramona Diaz has always been an observer. Inspired by her upbringing, the Baltimore-based filmmaker tells character-driven stories that often highlight the diversity of the Filipino experience. Ramona’s documentary credits include “Imelda,” about the former First Lady of the Philippines; “The Learning,” which follows Filipino teachers in Baltimore City; and “Don’t Stop Believin’: Everyman’s Journey,” which tells the story of the band Journey finding their new Filipino lead singer, Arnel Pineda, on YouTube, and Arnel’s first tour with the band. Most recently, Ramona directed “Motherland,” in which the viewer is a fly on the wall in Manila at one of the busiest maternity hospitals in the world. That film won the Special Jury Award for Commanding Vision at Sundance this year; Ramona also was awarded a 2016 Guggenheim Fellowship. Ramona talked about representation in filmmaking, drawing universal experiences out of minutiae and the stories she’s interested in telling.