Checks and Balances

AccommodatedsinceAlgeria'sBloodyDecadeofthe1990sinthe'HouseofthePress',thejournalistsofthefamousdailynewspaperElWatanawaitthecompletionoftheirnewoffices,asymboloftheirindependence.MycameraisembeddedintheirnewsroomastheyfollowtheeventsofthisnewAlgerianspring...PresidentBouteflikahassethissightsona4thterm.BeyondwhatwecalltheArabrevolutionsandothermediatizedterms,Iwantedthisfilmtoserveasamemorialtothewomenandmen,youngandlessyoung,whobattledailytosafeguardthefreedomofinformationinapoliticallyandsociallyfossilizedcountry.<br/>　　這部紀錄片的導演馬列克‧班斯麥爾（MalekBensmaïl）深入《祖國報》的編輯室內部，難得地記錄下報社的日常工作狀況，這是以往以新聞媒體為主題的紀錄片很少捕捉到的畫面。從中我們看到了記者、編輯、主管等多方之間的不斷討論和辯論，從政治立場、意識形態、用詞遣字、報導方式、下標、圖片⋯⋯皆可爭論，展現出一個充滿活力和使命熱誠的新聞媒體的內部運作動態。