mentioned your films the return to homs and your new film fathers and sons award winners at the sundance film festival an inside look from syria we appreciate it thank you. over the past few months the me too movement has gained momentum holding men accused of sexual harassment to account while now many muslim women have joined in shedding light on an open secret sexual harassment during the annual hodge pilgrimage in mecca last week a pakistani woman shared her story on facebook of a past sexual assault that took place during the annual hot pilgrimage she says that she was groped by several men while she performed a ceremony where the pilgrims walked in circles around the center of islam's most sacred mosque in mecca she writes i felt so violated i felt unable to speak out it is sad to say you are not even safe at holy places my entire experience of the holy city is overshadowed by this horrible incident. her post triggered a new viral hash tag mosque need to we spoke with the woman who helped launch that hash tag egyptian american writer mona eltahawy she says that she was also assault

your latest work this is a film you recently won actually the grand jury prize the twenty eighteen sundance film festival in the world cinema documentary competition so first of all congratulations to you the documentary is called fathers and sons and i'd like to play a short clip and then we can get your take there after. we vote. i think. this incredible footage that you shot in this film you were embedded in fact with the on those were front that's of course the al qaeda are you there in syria what awaits those boys in this film. i mean they are they belong to the family who believe in god we fought the father and they're their uncles they or like waiting to come to profits from as what mohamed saved when the physics not clear if he said that but anyway so they want their kids to follow the jihad very early to just go on and shari'a be barred from the fight since before they become a teenager even so so i was there to understand more of those people. in the closing groom what make you become what you are how the legacy of utter legacy of violence it's transferred from father to his. visi

they were born into this situation in your other film that also won the grand jury prize at the sundance film festival that was returned to homs you show a progression actually of mentality between the two figures the two characters that you follow in the documentary tell us a little bit more about that. i mean they are they are from this generation that. moved the demonstration and they move this movement against the assad regime because of like killing a lot of people in the street because of the political stew issue because of the economy it's to ation because like i'm one of pretty the thirty since forty years when bottom inability everything army economy everything it's their they're far country become far people still who some of people reach so much reach and the others are totally and this is what those in the ration like to decide to do two figures one like a singular and one is a commitment one get killed in get arrested and get killed by this that the regime become era of it's a key get get under torture there knows that last year his family that their sons get killed and the

this writer no one the same prize documentary prize in sundance in twenty fourteen for a documentary he did called return to homes this again is a story extraordinary film about two young men i want to talk focal goal people and the other his friend who's a journalist they go back to that devastated city homes in western syria which had become a ghost town as we can see here and how they turn from peaceful protesters into rebel insurgents themselves finding no other course really done to follow that course i mean dickey has a way of getting very close to his subjects his films the past all that unfiltered and he doesn't judge they're not judge mental i i can only recommend amazed extraordinary film and there is more of that interview he did with all reporters and just on this more you can read on our website at d w dot com slash culture well congratulations to him winning the world cinema grand jury prize at sundance of robin merrill from our culture desk thank you very much for bringing us that story . so to brazil now where the country is a searing up for carnival a five day cecill

phoenix and co you must've done something right the film was critically acclaimed when it premiered at sundance last month now it's getting a warm reception here in berlin. when he would be of special significance to direct to gus van sant this film was originally the brainchild of his friends the comedic actor robin williams williams first approached months and years ago to dream the betraying the cartoonist but it's never live to see it happen now finally the film is hitting the big screen. the constant crew have until saturday to find out whether they'll be taking home a coveted golden also back. which is have time for a minder of our top story no. international concern is growing about the number of civilian deaths in syria's eastern ghouta airstrikes by pro-government forces on the besieged rebel held on claim has claimed hundreds of lives since the weekend. i could russia be meddling in lafayette of that country's elections held humphrey will have more on the controversy surrounding the lobby in central thanks for that coming up in one minute. to learn german with w. . anytime anyplace. w

phoenix and co you must've done something right the film was critically acclaimed when it premiered at sundance last month now it's getting a warm reception here in berlin. when he would be of special significance to director gus van sant this film was it ricky the brainchild of his friends the comedic actor robin williams williams first approached months and years ago to dream the betraying the cartoonist but it's never live to see it happen now finally the film is hitting the big screen. the costing crew have until saturday to find out whether they'll be taking home a coveted golden also back. champions league football now environment have good chances to add. dance to the quarter finals after they took apart tosh at home on tuesday and early red card saw the visitors visa sent off the pitch and byron capitalized thomas miller scoring true goals on the night his a first came before the break and it gave the hosts a needed edge that carried over into the second half when environs often cirrhotic robert of these forward to after the break and vajra take a huge lead into the second leg in turkey

up on the front of the film on the world cinema grand jury prize for documentary at this year's sundance film festival. he grew up in the syrian capital damascus he's been living with his family in berlin since twenty fourteen. but does he feel safe after making his film. nobody wrote me or trade me online or at and this is very weird this is make me feel not sick you know because you know if people just start to write you will get revenge or writing this is me they are not serious and when like nothing happened like the silence before the storm so this is this is thing i have to take care to take care of it very carefully. there is no happy ending in this film osama who is still a child leaves the family to trying to become a fighter. thank you. he's known for his vibrant expressionist paintings but there were other sites to go into. the bold use of color is breathtaking in nineteen zero nine gabriella minter painted her friend mario nuff on benefit him like an artist who was part of the expressionist blue rider group. work broke with stuffy convention she saw truth in art. just walking

your travels even took you to sundance where you saw a documentary of yourself. how is your documentary? justice ginsburg: in my opinion, they have done a fantastic job. they did it. in my opinion, they have done a fantastic-- they did a series fs some will years ago called "the makers." it was about the women's movement in the 1970's. it was done so well, that i was persuaded to say yes to their proposal. tonight, and as amy said is in -- it is unimportant time to have this conversation, is to take stock of the progress of gender equality from a tiny began to time on the supreme court, to this remarkable moment we are in now. because you have been asked about it every place you have gone over the past couple of weeks, i need to begun and i -- everyone is the supreme have eager for your thoughts, what are your thoughts on the metoo movement and its lasting on the women's movement. it was ginsburg: --ething i was asked earlier what i wanted to convey there was that sexual harassment of , but has gone on forever it did not get headlines until a woman named catherin

your travels even took you to sundance where you saw a documentary of yourself.ow is your documentary? justice ginsburg: in my opinion, they have done a fantastic job. they did a series for pbs some will years ago called "the makers." it was about the women's movement in the 1970's. it was done so well, that i was persuaded to say yes to their proposal. rosen: our task tonight, and as amy said it is unimportant time to have this conversation, is to take stock of the progress of gender equality from a tiny began to your time on the supreme court, to this remarkable moment we are in now. because you have been asked about it every place you have gone over the past couple of weeks, i need to begin and i want to have -- everyone is eager for your thoughts, what are your thoughts on the metoo movement and its lasting on the women's movement. justice ginsburg: it was a question i was asked this afternoon at the university of pennsylvania law school. what i wanted to convey there was that sexual harassment of women has gone on forever, but it did not get headlines until

a has just won the world cinema grand jury prize for his documentary of fathers and sons at the sundance festival in the us our merrill from our culture desk is here and robin this film takes us inside the lives of a radical islamic family in northern syria where the father is training his entire family to become jihad us yeah i mean he's posed as a war photographer and also posed as a sort of radical islam a sympathizer a managed to infiltrate this family of abu osama who's one of the founding members of the al nusra front and he's training his eight almost from busts to become feiss for an islamic caliphate you know and interesting me in the film you never see his wife or his daughters tell day he didn't see them in all the time he was that he hugged them sometimes in another room they're sort of keep kept completely away from it. it's a very chilling documentary because the father loves his as a father of the children idolized and yet he is sort of indoctrinating them and training them to be fighters from a very very young age and he also in the film it shows two of his eldest sons at

was supposed to happen as i detail in "brave" in the dining room and the stein erickson lodge at sundancen utah, and i was supposed to be the belle of the ball, and i had four movies there, and i was told it was a very big deal and i was very new in the industry, and i thought people told me the truth. i didn't know everybody was lying. i didn't know that yet and the meeting was, i was in the middle of my second film for his company. >> basically in his hotel suite after the meeting, you detail in your bock that you were guided by him to the jacuzzi and basically undressed and you ended up both in the jacuzzi in some form or fashion and there was an unwanted sexual encounter. >> i mean, would you want it? would anybody? let's be real. seriously, let's be real. the thing is i -- the book is about so much more than this. to reduce what i'm talking about in general to that gives him a lot of power, and i don't think he deserves that, and i think we all pretty much know because, by the way, most of us have been assaulted especially women. >> okay, so -- >> we kind of know the story. >> i know

phoenix and co must've done something right the film was critically acclaimed when it premiered at sundance last month now it's getting a warm reception here in berlin. sports the. champions league knockout stage on tuesday by a munich took on the pick an early a bandage that led to a five nil. romping over basic tosh and early red card saw the visitors sent off the pitch and by capitalize scored two goals on the night his first came before the break and it gave the hosts a needed edge that carried over into the second half when by and often erupted. scored two more and buy into its looks certain to make it through the next round. l. in mexico's yucatan peninsula divers have found bones of ancient people and long extinct animals in the world's biggest water underwater cave system the caves are more than three hundred forty kilometers long scientists say it was originally dry but flooded at the end of the ice age when sea levels rose cave system known as soccer is near the mexican city of can tune mexican archaeologists say it could be the most important underwater site in the world. there's

phoenix and co you must've done something right the film was critically acclaimed when it premiered at sundance last month now it's getting a warm reception here in berlin. now britain's queen elizabeth has always had a signature style but with a wedding to attend in the spring she might be looking for some new inspiration the ninety one year old monarch is made a surprise debut appearance at london fashion week the queen had front row seats for designer richard quinn's catwalk shows sitting right beside vogue editor in chief anna winter she later presented queen with the inaugural queen elizabeth award for british design. our minder now off the top stories that we're following for you on news the u.n. says it's deeply alarmed by civilian deaths in serious eastern go to air strikes on the siege from rebel held on place have claimed hundreds of lives since the weekend and there is mounting international concern about a new escalation of violence in syria pro-government forces have entered the northern offering region to help kurds defend against a turkish offensive turkey's president is warning

phoenix and co you must've done something right the film was critically acclaimed when it premiered at sundance last month now it's getting a warm reception here in berlin. well joining us now in the studio is by colleague miller the current debacle she's part of our team covering the berlin film festival for us this year good morning america don't worry you won't get far on foot screened at the ballet nala yesterday we saw that the store you walk in phoenix was i don't know maybe jetlag for that so we heard no report that was warmly received so was the audience enthusiastic the audience was enthusiastic and you know as graded telling in a very empathetic way of the. stories of care of those living on the fringes of society there are many moments in the film that make you smile that sometimes make you laugh loud so yeah the reception has been warm there was some critics though saying that the story wasn't really headed anywhere so we'll we'll see what comes of that. film is competing with eighteen others for the gold and silver bearers at this film festival how do you rate the film's chances of

looking pretty sleek in black that's right yeah this is a western film that premiered actually at sundance the berlin festival showed it today and the star of the film is not only robert johnson but also mia was a college you know australian actress and she plays a woman who needs a lot of things but saving isn't one of them my colleague charlotte charleston pil caught up with me on the red carpet and asked her what attracted her to the character of penelope here's what she had to say. i just thought it was really clever like that we sort of see this idealize we have this idealized. and i think that's a really clever way of turning it on its head. yeah it was it was really exciting i love you know i love. and that film that she's in damsel is showing now is it want to see you guys have seen it. through here let's do this first i think the best way to describe this film is experimental as starts out as one thing it sort of morphs into another thing it's a western it's a comedy it has very deadpan moments but it's also trying to have some deeper a moshe's for me i want my two hours back i ju

night live and felicity jones has even a new feature film, documentary since it debuted last week at sundance. how does it feel to see your cell phone screen? >> i've seen the documentary. it's really good. my personal trainer is in it, the filmmakers spent an hour with the two of us. the one was felicity jones. [inaudible] in. it would be probably at the end of 2018. the script was written by my nephew, the son of marti's sister who based it on the case that he had argued together. i asked why they picked the case and they said they wanted it to be as much about a marriage as it was about the legal case. it's for the commissioner of internal revenue. this was the man who took good care of his mother though she was 93. the deduction is available to any woman or widowed or divorced man. they chose the deduction and he filed his own case in the tax. he got his own brief. i woul would have gotten this deduction. what sense does this make think it is something to the effect that is begging a constitutional army that everyone knows it is riddled with opportunities. we took the case to the tenth ci

on board were injured, this follows three recent deadly incidents for the rail service including sundanceh carolina leaving one person dead. last week's collision with a truck in virginia happened involving republican lawmakers, one person died in the incident and in december a train from seattle to portland, washington, derailed on an overpass killing three people. at least four people are dead, hundreds injured after an earthquake rocked taiwan. the 6.4 magnitude quake causing numerous buildings to collapse altogether or tilt. the quake causing this military hospital to collapse. trapping people inside. 170 people are missing at this hour, many trapped inside their homes. taiwan had just been hit by a shallow earthquake sunday. americans joining isis in syria. a major threat to the us and that according to a disturbing new report we have to tell you about. george washington university program on extremism found 64 joined the fight overseas and nearly half survived and could return to the us. one of them, texas man who took the formal route, authorities say warren clark said the terror g

we met dave years ago at robert redford's climate meeting out at sundance in utah. i look over at the friends from canada that are here. our friend, the mayor of bonn, who i just had the good fortune of meeting. the subject is going to take -- this challenge is going to take cooperation among people from all over the world. and seeing mayors from all thethese and other organizations representing people all over the world is very encouraging. rarely do we talk about partisanship at these meetings, but i want to step back for a minute and do that. i think most of the mayors know that all of the task forces here at our conference are chaired by a republican and a democrat. in the case of this task force, i'm the republican. i had the good fortune of serving on president obama's task force on climate and resilience before he left office and representing the united states, part of our speakers bureau, state department speakers bureau in india and germany prior to the paris agreement. i have been fairly outspoken since the advent of the current administration. a lot of th

. >> let's talk about the anger and how it is whitewashed, the sundance film festival, a film premieredd aching in the wilderness with the last three years of king's life when he is becoming radicalized and speaking out against the war in vietnam. it made this ad, when you see the soldiers and war, he was risking everything, even the support of his inner circle, when he gave the speech at riverside church on april 1 -- in april of 1968. after the drum major speech. >> even earlier. as we think about king's challenge to new york city, northern liberals, it began longer than we realized, 1960's he gives a speech at the urban league calling for a liberalism that is liberal in the north and not just for a change in the south. in 1963to los angeles out of the birmingham jail and talks about, not just birmingham but police brutality and school to segregation and housing segrgregation in los angeles t o years before watts.. the bostonstonn school committttee meets with hi and shututs down a meeti. whenen king talks about northern injustice, even in the early 1960's, northern liberals who were

. >> reporter: how does today's sundance kid grab your wallet?> it's through the browser. >> i have seen loads of examples of malicious code that now goes and tries to scan your computer and website for poorly secured wallets. >> reporter: the experts say even some major cryptocurrency heists have come down to some very basic security flaws. >> we're not talking about complex, scary mathematical issues we're not paying attention to details. >> what can you do >> invest in making sure you have strong passwords. >> and using an offline wallet system is also key with thousands of coins out right now, and new ones being created every day, experts say jumping on the i.c.o. or initial coin offering can put you at risk >> you don't know if it's a real coin offering, a fraudulent coin offering, and they're stealing your money because they can. >> reporter: late last year the s.e.c. halting a $15 million i.c.o. that falsely promised a 13-fold profit in one month. a historic move for the agency >> to me, all these digital coins are very much like the stock

to see a full discussion about teflon, dupont, and c8, you can go to our discussion at sundance when we interviewed those involved with the film "the devil we know." go to democracynow.org. in seattle, washington, federal agents and local police have searched the home of a former u.s. swimming olympic coach after former world champion ariana kukors said she was sexually abused as a minor. kukors says she was sexually assaulted by the coach, sean hutchison, on trips and during training sessions in seattle, beginning when she was 16 years old. she says hutchison also took nude photos of her without her consent. president trump's anti-immigrant policies led to a 30% jump in the number of arrests carried out by ice last year, according to a new review of ice data by the pew research center. even so, 2017 saw far fewer immigration arrests than many of the years that president obama was in office -- including 2009, when ice arrested nearly 300,000 people, more than double last year's total. the trump administration is considering a plan that could see immigrants who apply for several forms

felicity jones is starring as you in a new feature film, a documentary just debuted last week at sundance. how does it feel to see yourself on the screen? >> i have seen the documentary. it is really good. [laughter] >> my personal trainer is in it. the filmmakers spent an hour in the gym with the two of us, and maybe two or three minutes of it shows up in the film. the one with felicity jones -- i should give equal billing to the person who plays marty. marty is -- he is taller than marty. do you think you're the same height as felicity jones? anyway, that film is called "on the basis of sex," and it will be out probably at the end of 2018. the script was written by my nephew, the son of marty's sister, and he based it on a case that marty and i had argued together. it is a case that didn't go to the supreme court, and i asked my nephew why he picked that case, and he said because he wanted the film to be as much about a marriage as it was about the legal case, and the case is very good. it's march versus the commissioner of internal revenue. this was a man who took good care of his moth

phoenix and co you must've done something right the film was critically acclaimed when it premiered at sundance last month now it's getting a warm reception here in berlin. when he would be of special significance to direct to gus van sant this film was originally the brainchild of his friends the comedic actor robin williams williams first approached france and years ago to dream the betraying the cartoonist but it's never live to see it happen now finally the film is hitting the big screen. the constant crew have until saturday to find out whether they'll be taking home a coveted golden also back. well joining us now in the studio is by colleague miller the current debacle she. part of our team covering the berlin film festival for us this year good morning writing don't worry you won't get far on foot screened at the bell you know yesterday we sold it the store you walk in phoenix was i don't know maybe jetlag. so we heard no report that was warmly received so was the audience enthusiastic the audience was enthusiastic and you know it is graded telling in a very empathetic way the stories of

writer has a different take for those who thought the bolt signing stunt was a pay arcane for the sundance consider this what does it say about the perception of our football league and stop clubs that everyone so readily believe bolt's could play here for me at a meaning day or michael justin from marketing consultancy firm brand finance says finale at least bolt's brand is big enough to absorb any negative reaction when you same boat has a has a big announcement them and it and it they deliver that i think the people will will with them and appreciate that but at the same time he's also you know has a bit of a reputation of this a bit of a jokester and so in that sense what the brand finance research indicates that people want seriousness and reliability from the bank or from the car manufacturer whereas at the same time you know you say both a bit of a joke or marx had a bit of. various brands of online and doing all sorts of different bits and pieces so you know perhaps next time when he delivers the goods then we'll have to pay attention. there you go a rather more traditional form of