Dying for Our Voices:
How Reporting the Truth Has Become a Dangerous Task
Freedom of the press is the sine qua non of democracy. In battle-scarred Afghanistan, a young warrior poetess is pressed to convert into a bacha posh (living as a boy) to draw breath, and in doing so, embraces change.
Hollywood, CA May 9, 2022. “Dying for Our Voices” honors journalists who risk their lives to report corruption, human rights violations, and assassinations of artists who express their thoughts of their government in places where it is not allowed, as well as in places where freedom of the press, thought, and expression are protected. We stand by organizations who/what continue the fight to raise awareness of injustices committed against journalists around the world.
“Dying for Our Voices” uses poetic monologue, screenplay, and fiction. During the Fringe, we are sho