The latest episode of Dispatches, The Lost Children of South Africa has been praised by The Guardian website today, as a stand-out episode in what the writer calls an impressive, “heart-rending” series.
This week’s film has been made by director Brian Woods’ company True Vision, and the episode directed by his wife Deborah Shipley. What was commissioned as a World Cup-related film developed into a shocking and moving tale of young school girls living in fear of abuse.
It was reported at the start of 2010 that Channel 4 would be cutting back on the number of episodes of Dispatches it produce, although new chief executive David Abraham is currently considering future programming. The Guardian called the documentary “a good example of the drive to inform, alive and kicking, that harks back to Channel 4's founding principles, when it vowed to back committed documentary makers”.
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