POSSIBLE WORLDS

Andrea Thiel has worked for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation for over 30 years, beginning with the groundbreaking newsmagazine program The Journal with legendary broadcaster Barbara Frum.  It was there that Andrea first cut her teeth on documentary making.  Since that time she’s made dozens.The job has taken her to Spain during the dispute over turbot which resulted in the impounding of the Spanish ship the Estai; she’s gone to Belgium to talk about the anger there towards General Romeo Dallaire.  He was in charge of the UN peacekeeping mission in Rwanda (fictionalized in Shake Hands With The Devil) when the genocide broke out and ten Belgian paratroopers were killed; and of course, the job took her to Afghanistan.

Several of Andrea’s documentaries have won awards.  Breaking Point, a four-part documentary about the 1995 Quebec referendum received three Geminis, and Afghanistan Between Hope and Fear has just won a bronze medal at the Columbia film festival.

Andrea will fly to Sydney to present the Australian premiere of Afghanistan Between Hope and Fear at Possible Worlds.

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