Best-selling author and scientist Sam Harris interviewed Deeyah Khan in the most recent episode of his popular Waking Up podcast. They discuss her history as a target of religious and racial intolerance, her encounters with neo-Nazis and other white supremacists, the similarities between extremist groups, the dangers of political correctness, and other topics, drawing on her experiences of filming White Right: Meeting the Enemy and Jihad, her earlier film on…
BAFTA, the British Academy of Film and Television Arts, has announced its 2018 intake of new members of its community of media creatives and professionals who contribute to the film, games and television industries worldwide. Deeyah Khan, who herself has been nominated for a BAFTA award twice, will be joining the BAFTA community alongside Hollywood actor Hugh Grant, Black Panther star Letitia Wright, La La Land producers Jordan Horowitz and Fred Berger, Doctor Who star Jodie…
On Friday 7th December, Deeyah Khan accepted the BBC News and Factual Award in London for her courageous filmmaking for White Right: Meeting the Enemy at the British Women in Film and TV Awards sponsored by Sky. Ade Rawcliffe, the WFTV Board member and Head of Diversity for ITV Commissioning, said “One of the most striking aspects of our unique awards is the huge diversity of our winners. What our…
White Right: Meeting the Enemy honoured for “fearless immediacy of approach and confident and totally engaging voice.” On Monday 26th November, Fuuse founder and filmmaker Deeyah Khan was awarded a prestigious Royal Television Society (RTS) Award for her film White Right: Meeting the Enemy in the ‘Director – Documentary’ category. The film documents Khan’s encounters with American neo-Nazis. The RTS Craft & Design Awards recognises excellence in broadcast television. They…
On its front page, USA Today profiled former white supremacist Ken Parker’s decision to renounce his extremist views – a journey which started after meeting Muslim filmmaker Deeyah Khan, whilst she was filming the Emmy award-winning documentary White Right: Meeting the Enemy. The story can be read in full here.
Russell Brand, the British comedian, writer, actor, presenter and social activist, interviewed Deeyah Khan for his podcast Under the Skin. The two-hour conversation covered race, violence against women, misogyny and extremism – amongst many other topics. The full conversation can be listened to in full here. After recording the podcast, Deeyah and Russell made a short video blog which can be watched below.
“Deeyah’s personality and her extraordinary interviewing technique, in what must have been emotionally very difficult circumstances, really shone a light on these characters that we generally don’t know much about.” – Rory Peck Awards, Judges’ comments The Rory Peck Awards honour dangerous yet valuable work by freelance filmmakers, and camera operators, in the area of news and current affairs. This award recognised Deeyah Khan and Darin Prindle’s courage in filming White…
White Right: Meeting the Enemy wins Deeyah Khan her second International Emmy for Current Affairs Norwegian filmmaker and activist Deeyah Khan won her second Emmy award at the International Emmy awards in New York. The award was for her latest film White Right: Meeting the Enemy, an investigation into the rise of white nationalism and far-right extremism in America since the election of Donald Trump. The film was first premiered…
“Although the topic has been covered a lot in recent years, they got under the skin of these characters in a way that no-one else has.” – Rory Peck Award Judges Deeyah Khan (Director) and Darin Prindle (Producer) have been nominated for the Sony Impact Award for Current Affairs for the documentary White Right: Meeting the Enemy. The Rory Peck Awards, now in their 24th year, honour dangerous yet valuable…
The Emmy-nominated documentary White Right: Meeting the Enemy will be shown on SBS Viceland on Sunday 9th September, across Australia. The exact time will vary dependent on the region so we advise you to check your local listings. Following the broadcast, the film will be made available via the SBS On-Demand video player.
Norwegian film director Deeyah Khan’s investigation into the rise of nationalism in Donald Trump’s America has been nominated in the Current Affairs category at the 2018 International Emmy awards. The announcement was made yesterday, on Deeyah’s birthday. Produced through Fuuse, her Norwegian film company, White Right: Meeting the Enemy was first broadcast on ITV in the United Kingdom. In June 2018 it was added to Netflix in the US and…
White Right: Meeting the Enemy honoured for ‘embodying the spirit of the Nobel Peace Prize’ Deeyah Khan’s latest film ‘White Right: Meeting the Enemy’ won the PeaceJam Special Jury Prize at the Monte Carlo Television Festival in France on the 19th June 2018. The PeaceJam Special Jury Prize recognises TV films that embody the spirit of the Nobel Peace Prize through the expression of humanist values of peace and tolerance….
Deeyah Khan’s BAFTA-nominated Fuuse documentaries ‘White Right: Meeting the Enemy’ and ‘Jihad: A Story of the Others’ are both now available to watch on Netflix in the USA and UK. In ‘White Right: Meeting the Enemy’ Deeyah Khan meets US neo-Nazis and white nationalists face to face and attends America’s biggest and most violent far right rally in recent years. ‘Jihad: A Story of the Others’ is Deeyah’s examination of…
Deeyah Khan’s latest film White Right: Meeting the Enemy will be broadcast on DR2 in Denmark following its recent 2018 BAFTA nomination for Best Current Affairs film. Produced by her company Fuuse, it covers the topic of far-right extremism in the UK DR (Danish Broadcasting Corporation) is Denmark’s largest electronic media enterprise founded in 1925. DR is an independent, licence financed public institution comprising of television, radio and online services….
Deeyah Khan will be awarded an honorary degree during Emerson College’s 138th Commencement Ceremony on Sunday, May 13th 2018, where she will address hundreds of graduate students. The award is a reflection of her achievements as a documentary film-maker. Emerson College is internationally recognised as the premier institution concentrating upon communication and the arts in America. The ceremony will take place at Boston University’s Agganis Arena. Fellow 2018 honourees include…
Deeyah Khan’s most recent Fuuse film White Right: Meeting the Enemy is one of three films shortlisted for the PeaceJam Special Jury Prize, awarded to outstanding television films that embody the spirit of the Nobel Peace Prize. The winner will be awarded on June 19, 2018 at the Golden Nymph Awards in Monte Carlo by Nobel Peace Prize winner Betty Williams. The PeaceJam Foundation is an award-winning peace education program…
The British Academy of Film and Television Arts today announced that White Right: Meeting the Enemy a Fuuse film directed and filmed by Deeyah Khan has been nominated for a prestigious BAFTA Award. White Right: Meeting the Enemy is one of four films recognized in the Current Affairs category demonstrating the very best in televised journalism. Today’s recognition marks the second BAFTA nomination for Fuuse and Deeyah Khan. JIHAD received…
NRK, a public broadcasting company and the largest media organisation in Norway, will be showing Deeyah Khan’s latest Fuuse film, White Right: Meeting the Enemy this Wednesday 7th March at 21:20 pm on NRK2. White Right: Meeting the Enemy is the fourth documentary film by Emmy and Peabody Award-winning director Deeyah Khan. The film is produced by Deeyah’s production company Fuuse, and first received its world premiere on ITV in the UK. For more…
WOW – Women of the World is a globally recognised festival celebrating women and girls, which celebrates the power and potential of girls and women and confronts the causes of inequality. As part of this year’s line-up in London, sister-hood, Deeyah Khan’s award-winning digital magazine spotlighting the diverse voices of women of Muslim heritage will bring together fearless, progressive and creative women to discuss ‘honour’ and ‘shame’ and how these concepts…
King Harald V of Norway has appointed Fuuse founder and UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador, Deeyah Khan as the newest member to join the Norwegian Arts Council by recommendation of the Ministry of Culture. Deeyah Khan will join fellow new members Jan Ole Otnæs, Sigurd Sverdrup Sandmo and Luba Kuzovnikova on the council to allocate funding to art and culture projects throughout Norway. The appointment is valid for four years (2018 – 2021). The official announcement is…
