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Nick Blakemore

@NickBfilms

Award winning documentary filmmaker.
BBC • Channel 4 • Unreported World
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Trust is everything. Especially when lives are at risk. Grateful to the families in South Africa who trusted us with their stories, and who continue to fight for justice for their murdered loved ones. Our new film, South Africa’s Whistleblower Hitmen. Friday, 7.30pm, Channel 4
Unreported World @UnreportedWorld Nov 4
In South Africa, speaking out against corruption can be a death sentence. The country has a thriving marketplace of hitmen, and killings can be ordered for relatively small sums.

Darshna Soni investigates the business of contract killers used to silence whistleblowers.
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Brilliant piece by @darshnasoni on the making of our latest Unreported World film. A fascinating insight into the reporting behind the film including her account of our encounter with a former hitman.

channel4news.substack.com/p/the-hitmen-p…
channel4news.substack.com The hitmen paid to silence South Africa’s whistleblowers In South Africa, where immense wealth exists alongside desperate poverty, money can buy murder. Darshna Soni speaks to a hitman who took on his first job at 23, as one family awaits justice.
Nick Blakemore @NickBfilms
Shocking treatment of people living with dementia. System not fit for purpose by ⁦@ShingiMararike⁩ ht ⁦@Sarahcoconnell⁩ news.sky.com/story/families…
news.sky.com Families say elderly relatives with dementia were failed by care home Jeanette and Lisa say coming to terms with their mother's condition has been made harder by the fact they believe she was failed by the people who looked after her.