Mads Brügger
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Mads Brügger is a Danish filmmaker and TV host.[1]
Career
Films
Mads Brügger's first two projects, the documentary series "Danes for Bush" and the feature "The Red Chapel", filmed in the United States and North Korea, respectively, are satirical looks at each of the two nations.
In October 2011, Brügger released a new documentary, "The Ambassador", about the trading of diplomatic titles in Africa. Brügger impersonated a Liberian ambassador by purchasing a new identity on the black market and then proceeded to expose the ease with which people holding diplomatic titles can exploit the gem trade.
As result of the revelations in the documentary, the government of Liberia took legal steps to prosecute Brügger and other people involved in the project, due to the embarrassment his work was perceived to have been caused to the nation. However, as of July 2012, the Danish government had not been presented with a formal demand for Brügger's extradition.
Mads Brügger directed "Cold Case Hammarskjöld", which premiered at the 2019 Sundance Film Festival.[2] The documentary focuses on the death of UN Secretary-General Dag Hammarskjöld in a 1961 plane crash.[3] In January 2019, Brügger reported on his findings in three articles published in The Guardian.[4]
In October 2020, Brügger's documentary "The Mole: Undercover in North Korea" was released, featuring a Danish chef going undercover in the Korean Friendship Association over the course of ten years, while trying to uncover the illicit arms and narcotics dealings of North Korea.
TV host
Mads Brügger has hosted the talk show "Den 11. time" as well as the news program "Deadline" on the Danish TV channel DR2.[5]
Filmography
- Danes for Bush – documentary series (2004)
- The Red Chapel (2009)
- The Ambassador (2011)
- The Saint Bernard Syndicate (2018)
- Cold Case Hammarskjöld (2019)
- The Mole: Undercover in North Korea (2020)
Related Document
| Title | Type | Publication date | Author(s) | Description |
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| Document:Afterword to "Who Really Killed Chris Hani?" | Book | 29 February 2024 | Christopher Nicholson | Courts have decided that freedom of expression trumps all other rights as without it nobody, including the courts, would ever hear of breaches of other rights. So those who have attempted to suppress this book have prevented the world from discovering and prosecuting the criminals, who perpetrated the foul murders. In law we would describe them as accessories after the fact of these killings. |
References
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