James Pastouna

James Pastouna (born December 6, 1955 in New Brighton , England) is an English journalist , filmmaker and author.

Life

The British journalist received his BA Hons (Bachelor of Arts Honors) in Social Sciences in 1977 . In 1978 he moved to Germany and in 1983 graduated from the University of Cologne with a diploma in German. From 1984 he worked for the English-speaking department of Deutsche Welle Radio. There he produced articles and interviews on pop music, cultural issues and the environment. In 1989 he switched from radio to television news. Since then he has worked as a freelancer for Deutsche Welle television, the German press agency and TransTel. The news reports on Europe were broadcast worldwide outside of Germany, including in the European Journal program on the PBS channel.

From 1993, James Pastouna worked regularly for the Europa Semanal program, which was broadcast weekly in South America. Together with a cameraman, he traveled to the countries of South and Central America to produce news reports, for example about the flood dangers in Ecuador or the mission of a German priest in Nicaragua. Between 1993 and 1996 more than 40 TV contributions were made. Pastouna has been working mainly for WDR since 1996 . In 1996 he made his first documentary for the program series "God and the World" . The film reported the fate of HIV-infected children in Romania. In many other documentaries he dealt with topics such as Europe's last leper colony, young people in anti-aggression training or the story of the German prisoners of war in England in 1946 ( “How enemies became friends” ). He made two films about Guantanamo Bay. He also wrote a book on the subject, reminding us that the rule of law must remain the foundation of a democratic, peaceful and just world.

Filmography

• 1996: 52 min. Documentation Salt of the Andes , production and direction on behalf of Unicef
• 1997: WDR, 30 'documentary The little fighters - HIV children in Romania
• 1998: WDR + ARTE, 30 'documentary Closed Society - Europe's last leper colony
• 1999: WDR, 30 'documentary The Flying Preacher - An eccentric Englishman preaches his message
• 2000: WDR, 30 'documentary In good and bad days. Marriage seminar for prisoners
• 2001: ARD / WDR, 30 'documentary Man can forget about violence. Anti-aggression training for young people
• 2001: ARD / WDR, 30 'documentary How enemies became friends. Former German soldiers in English captivity
• 2002: WDR, 30 'documentary pious perpetrators - a father breaks the silence
• 2002: ARD / WDR, 30 'documentary abused by the pastor - hushing up, keeping quiet , hiding
• 2003: WDR, 30 'documentary starvation by court order
• 2003: ARD / WDR, 30 'documentary We are not enemies. An Israeli and a Palestinian woman fight for peace
• 2004: ARD / WDR, 45 'documentary The Story: On Death Row - The Prisoners of Guantanamo Bay
• 2004: ARD / WDR, 30 'documentary The surrogate mother - a woman has her 6th child
• 2005: WDR, 45 'documentary The Story: The Interrogation - Murat Kurnaz in custody on Guantanamo Bay
• 2006: WDR, 45 'documentary The Story: Air War - The dispute between Airbus and Boeing
• 2006: ARD / WDR, 30 'documentary Return Unwanted. One year after Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans
• 2006: ARD / WDR, 45 'documentary Rain of Destruction. The legacy of the Vietnam War
• 2007: ARD / WDR 30 'documentary deserters - American conscientious objectors
• 2007: WDR 30 'documentary violence in the stadium - fans oppose it
• 2008: WDR 30 'documentary Where are my parents. Abandoned children in Romania
• 2009: ARD / WDR, 30 'documentary Never give up - Rupert Neudeck in the Congo
• 2011: ARD / WDR, 30 'documentary Two women - one fate - 10 years after September 11th
• 2012: ARD / WDR; 30 'documentary Freezing for Justice - The Occupy Movement in Winter
• 2014: WDR; 30 'report Me and my future - Young people and their future
• 2015: ZDF Info. 45 'documentary Tomy's last journey - Kindertransport in the Third Reich
• 2015: ARD / WDR; 30 'documentary Infected forever - Vietnam 40 years after the war
• 2016: WDR; 45 'documentary The Secret Deal - The Dark History of the Contergan Scandal

book

• James Pastouna: Guantánamo Bay. Trapped in a lawless space. , Hamburg 2005. European Publishing House, ISBN 3-434-50590-3

Web links

• Film about Rupert Neudeck
• Literature by and about James Pastouna in the catalog of the German National Library
• James Pastouna in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Pastouna with pearl divers

Individual evidence

1. ↑ http://www.aerzteblatt.de/v4/archiv/artikel.asp?src=heft&id=12823
2. ↑ http://www.presseportal.de/pm/7899/513319/wdr_westdeutscher_rundfunk
3. ↑ Book Review: The Time
4. ↑ Trapped in a legal vacuum Review at Amnesty international  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.