2012 Media for Liberty Award Honors MediaStorm for A Darkness Visible: Afghanistan by Seamus Murphy
March 15 2012 - 4:30PM
Business Wire
Liberty Media Corporation (Nasdaq: LMCA, LMCB) today revealed
the winning entry for its third annual Media for Liberty Award, a
$50,000 journalism prize that recognizes media contributions that
examine the link between economic and political liberty. A Darkness
Visible: Afghanistan, a film by Seamus Murphy and originally
published by MediaStorm, was selected by the Media for Liberty
Award jury panel as the winning submission for 2012. Print,
broadcast and online submissions were judged on criteria including
thematic relevance, educational value and relevance to the public
discourse.
Based on 14 trips to Afghanistan between 1994 and 2010, A
Darkness Visible: Afghanistan is the collaboration of VII Photo's
Seamus Murphy and award-winning production studio MediaStorm.
Murphy's work chronicles a people caught time and again in
political turmoil, struggling to find their way.
This piece brings to focus the often overlooked people of the
country, and their desire for self-determination. From the Soviet
invasion and the mujahideen resistance to the Taliban and the
American occupation, A Darkness Visible: Afghanistan examines
thirty years of Afghan history. It is the story of ordinary
citizens whose lives play out in the shadow of superpowers.
The principal team involved in the production:Photography and
Video: Seamus MurphyProducer: Eric MaiersonExecutive Producer:
Brian Storm
“This was a powerful story that unfolds over fourteen years and
illustrates the physical, emotional and economic toll the years of
political instability took on an average Afghan family,” said John
Malone, Chairman of Liberty Media. “On behalf of the jury panel, we
congratulate Seamus Murphy and MediaStorm for producing an
educative and compelling piece that stood out among this year’s
entries.”
A Darkness Visible: Afghanistan will be celebrated at a ceremony
hosted by Liberty Media and emceed by Tucker Carlson, a contributor
to FOX News, the editor-in-chief of the Daily Caller news site and
a senior fellow at the Cato Institute, at the Newseum in
Washington, D.C.
For more information on the Media for Liberty Award, including
past honorees and details regarding eligibility please visit
www.mediaforlibertyaward.com. To see the film, please visit
www.mediastorm.com.
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