said i will certain val. 40 plus years of volunteer confinement because of strength and character. he said practices must stop. al jazeera, new orleans. >> still ahead here on al jazeera. promising about the ausc-arizona. we will see you there. >> on sport.

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hello. now, an issue in the independent film industry. >> a group organized for the

world's biggest short film festival. >> each year, 16 films from 100 to compete, each made to beat the competition. just as the ausc-arizona are criticized for a lack of dye versety in the film industry, the same is being said for those short-listed. >> this year, 15 finalists, and one is a woman, you know you are thinking, how can this happen every year? >> the festival director says: ? >> i think there is an industrywide show of dye versety, you know. in the industry, we will say

that we are always looking to encourage everything problems away, remembering shorts with the latest romp. there is no guarantee for the future. online video, youtube say they don't need all three. you can answer the question. >> a man, a boy and a lemonade stand was first show. with it, alefia jones works in los angeles directing television drama. >> no one watches them.

no one knows where to find them. so, the actors in the platform that this platform gives, pointing people towards the short films, that's invaluable. >> this year's festival prize was won by an animation film. >> "spencer shining". >> this win should help the director shine. al jazeera, sydney. >> the sport now. >> laura, thank you very much. he may be playing his 101st and final test match but brandon mccullan is not going quietly. he made history on the opening day of the second test against australian christ church by scoring the fastest test of all time. 3 for 32, he meets two sentence trees off 44 balls. in total, he made 145.

six 6s and 21 4s all out for 3 september. the australian 57 for 1 at stumps. his 100 came off 54 balls making it the quitest in terms of deliveries faced. >> beat what he said 30 years ago by richards.

cricket captain prepares to exit the pitch, another is making his return. former captain martin clark quit internationals when his team lost the ashes last year. he had some luck when he was dropped twice during his innings. he made 48 before being dismissed. clark's future plans are unclear he has previously said he may return to the professional limited overs cricket. >> a big part of it is missed that, the love of the game. so, it was, yeah, a nice feeling walking out there and quite competitive. it was a good feeling. >> it is all downhill for lindsey vaughn in a good wait.

she won in italy earlier, a record 20th world cup crystal globe for the american who finished second in saturday's race. it makes up for her fall on friday which left herfuming. >> victory came after she had spent the night drafting an apology for posting this video on back to. she destroyed her ski and binding with a hammer after falling in friday's race. the american took the video down saying she remembered it was okay to lose. it makes winning feel sweeter. to ball now, 5th round ties on saturday. in london, hull city are trying to do what no team has managed in three years: to beat arsenal in the fa cup. they are going for a hat trick of titles, taking to hull. the second half is about to get underway where it's nil-nil. in the nba, golden state warriors have carried the form this season, with the best ever start to a regular season

winning their first 24 games. they are now closing in on the record of 72 wins in a single season set by chicago bull did in 1996, but on friday, the seemingly unstoppable warriors ran into lillard of the trailblazers. portland recorded 137 to 105 victory. the loss was the 5th of the season foregolden state. the 48 to 5 record means they will at least try to match 72 wins. >> jordan spieth can say he played better on friday than he did the day before. it wasn't enough as the world number 1 missed the cup at the northern trust. while he was heading home, mcilroy had this one, 58 feet

away, four shots amp. out in front is jason who will holds a 1-stroke advantage. raval nadal in the rio open finals, his opponent pulled out of their last eight ties with an injury. he is building back his victory to austria. on friday, tim disposed of nadal's double at least in the quarterfinal encounter winning on a contested 6-3, 6-2 to the last ball. >> that's all of the sport for now. more from me a little later. >> the message of racial tolerance with her prize winning nobel, to kill a mockingbird. she withdrew from the public eye until it's sequel in 2015. she was 89 when she died in her

sleep on friday. john hendren has her story. >> the words of harper lee painted pictures of life in america's deep south. it was a world she called home. >> we didn't have much money. nobody had any money. we didn't have many toys to play with. nothing was done for us. so, the result was we lived in our imagination most of the time. >> her childhood was reflected in the narrator of her pulitzer-prize winning best seller "to kill a mockingbird." a little girl named scout.

in >> i am no idealist to believe firmly in the integrity of our courts and jury system. >> that's no idea to me. >> that's a living, working reality. >> set in the depression-era 1930s t in part fueled the civil rights movement of the 1960s. >> this was before the black panthers, the march on washington in 1963. so this book coming out in 1960 was a time when civil rights were coming very visible, were controversial. unfortunately, the book was not scolding. it was not blaming. it was an engaging, compassionate look at an injustice in america through the eyes of a 9-year-old girl. >> she emerged from seclusion only rarely in 2007 to receive the presidential medal of

freedom from president george w. bush. >> it can't be underestimated how popular this book is, some 40 million copies since it was published in 1960. it was a beloved movie. many, many people tell me it's their favorite. >> "mockingbird" was her sole publication for 55 years until she released "go set a watchman" last year. it told the story of the fate of at cuaticus finch. >> she was trying to write a tribute to her father. her fares attempt come completed in the late 1950s was full of anger. the second attempt, "to kill a mockingbird" was more understanding when it was told through the eyes of a girl who admired her father a great deal. >> her enduring classic will live on literary history. a story teller who shown a light into some of the dark corners of american history.

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uganda's president de-claired the winner of an election marched by vote rigging allegations t ♪ >> from doha, also ahead on the program: the worst tropical cyclone ever reported in fiji in the south pacific islands? >> i believe we will be safer. >> britain's prime minister urges staying in the european