Hard News

Themistocles Hakizimana
Rwandan
"Rwandan Conflict"
Shot: August - December 1998
Reuters TV

Judges quote: "This is a 29 year old Hutu working in Rwanda in a war that is virtually never seen. The risk in getting the footage was enormous. It is extraordinary and I am astonished by what he has achieved."

Story: When Rwandan-backed Congolese rebels
(led by Kabila) began the war against Mobutu.

Features

Abderrahmane Bouzidi
Algerian
"Inside Algeria - Train Of Hope"
Shot: 1998
Internews / Channel 4 Television

Judges quote: "Shows great initiative and risk taking. An incredible story."

Story: A bomb scare filmed on the most dangerous of all the Algerian railways - the Alger Oran line. Bouzidi's camera is steady as he travels alongside the driver, the track ahead full of unknown danger.

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