this short film made about james bulger and announced today. him has been shortlisted for an oscar. denise fergus said first of all, the director had not okayed her blessing in the first place which was very insensitive and he has apologised but nonetheless, he, she is saying that she is so unhappy, she wants the oscar committee not to accept it. they have gone ahead with it. it's very difficult because i com pletely it's very difficult because i completely understand dramas can raise serious issues and he was to talk about why these two boys ended up talk about why these two boys ended up being murderers when they were children themselves. i can see that isa children themselves. i can see that is a legitimate thing to want to do a drama about. should you wait until everybody is dead, should you wait until it is not so raw? man—hunt, that drama on the other day, very recent but a very good drama. your husband, gary, died in awful circumstances, killed by three youths in 2007. if a filmmaker had decided to make a film about what happened to him a

detainment is a 30—minute drama about the murder of the two—year—old james bulger in liverpool in 1993o boys who killed him, ten—year—olds robert thompson and jon venables. this week, it was nominated for an oscar. the film's irish director believes it's an important work. public opinion now is that those two boys were simply evil, and anybody who says anything different, or gives an alternate reason as to why they did it, or tries to understand why they did it, they get criticised for it. i think we've got a responsibility to try and make sense of what happened. why didn't you tell the bulger family you are making the film? i mean, it's something that we did think long and hard about, and i wanted to meet with them to try to explain, you know, why we made it... this is afterwards? afterwards, yeah, and also why we didn't get in touch. this was long after it was at screenings and film festivals? yes, yes. was that a mistake? so, i do regret not telling them about it sooner. more than 120,000 people have signed a petition calling for the film to be withdrawn from the oscars. his mother,

detainment is a 30—minute drama about the murder of the two—year—old james bulger in liverpool in 1993with the two boys who killed him — ten—year—olds robert thompson and jon venables. this week, it was nominated for an oscar. the film's irish director believes it's an important work. the public opinion at the moment now is that those two boys were simply evil and anybody who says anything different, or gives an alternate reason as to why they did it, or tries to understand why they did it, they get criticised for it. i think we've got a responsibility to try and make sense of what happened. why didn't you tell the bulger family you are making the film? i mean, it's something that we did think long and hard about, and i wanted to meet with them to try to explain, you know, why we made it... this is afterwards? afterwards, yeah, and also why we didn't get in touch. this was long after it was at screenings and film festivals? yeah, yeah... was that a mistake? so, i do regret not telling them about it sooner. more than 130,000 people have signed a petition calling for the film to be withd

detainment is a 30—minute drama about the murder of the two—year—old james bulger in liverpool in 1993n—year—olds robert thompson and jon venables. this week, it was nominated for an oscar. the film's irish director believes it's an important work. the public opinion at the moment now is that those two boys were simply evil, and anybody who says anything different, or gives an alternate reason as to why they did it, or tries to understand why they did it, they get criticised for it. i think we've got a responsibility to try and make sense of what happened. why didn't you tell the bulger family you are making the film? i mean, it's something that we did think long and hard about, and i wanted to meet with them to try to explain, you know, why we made it... this is afterwards? afterwards, yeah, and also why we didn't get in touch. this was long after it was at screenings and film festivals? yeah, yeah... was that a mistake? so, i do regret not telling them about it sooner. more than 130,000 people have signed a petition, calling for the film to be withdrawn from the oscars. james bulger‘

detainment is a 30—minute drama about the murder of the two—year—old james bulger in liverpool in 1993 jon venables. this week, it was nominated for an oscar. the film's irish director believes it's an important work. the public opinion at the moment now is that those two boys were simply evil, and anybody who says anything different, or gives an alternate reason as to why they did it, or tries to understand why they did it, they get criticised for it. i think we've got a responsibility to try and make sense of what happened. why didn't you tell the bulger family you are making the film? i mean, it's something that we did think long and hard about, and i wanted to meet with them to try to explain, you know, why we made it... this is afterwards? afterwards, yeah, and also why we didn't get in touch. this was long after it was at screenings and film festivals? yeah, yeah... was that a mistake? so, i do regret not telling them about it sooner. more than 120,000 people have signed a petition, calling for the film to be withdrawn from the oscars. his mother, denise, says the nomination has

controversial as well, british film, irish film i think, called detainment it is looking at the james bulgerr did not approach the family about making this movie and i haven't seen it, i have only seen clips and trailer so i can't say what it does. it is art'sjob trailer so i can't say what it does. it is art's job to get into the skin of these people, i think that is what has offended the family, saying that these two boys don't deserve humanising ina that these two boys don't deserve humanising in a way, but that is the job of the art. so i haven't seen it soi job of the art. so i haven't seen it so i don't criticise the film for that. it looks harrowing in. it is based on real transcripts from the police hearings, it is obviously bringing up terrible memories for the family. it is good to see you jason. thanks for looking at the stories concerning the oscar nominees. now it is time for the west. west. . it is cold, i am nominees. now it is time for the west. west. . it is cold, iam not, west. west. . it is cold, iam not, we have had a lot of edits to make because the weather is turning ou

it is based on transcripts from the interviews with the two boys who killed james bulger.s cut short a foreign trip and returned home. there've been several days of violence in the capital, harare, and the south—western city of bulawayo. security forces have been accused of carrying out a brutal crackdown on opposition mps and their supporters. it follows a sharp rise in petrol prices, which ministers say have been used by opponents of the government to cause unrest. our correspondent pumza fihlani has been monitoring the story from south africa. the reasons for that, he needs to assure the international community that he is the man in charge but that he is the man in charge but thatis that he is the man in charge but that is a relationship with the community —— with the security forces that he needs to navigate. and president mnangagwa has been crisscrossing the world is talking to people who want to bring investment to zimbabwe, talking about how the country has changed and is open for business but that violence we have seen has done a lot to discredit that message. with