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Film Screening & Discussion. The Saline: In the Net
Tuesday, March 27, 2018 @ 6:30 pm
Please join us for a screening of the documentary film The Saline: In the Net, a co-production of the Center for Investigative Journalism of Montenegro (CIN-CG) and TV Vijesti, followed by a discussion with one of its screenwriters, Milka Tadić Mijović.
Run time: 38 minutes
English subtitles
The Saline: In the Net highlights the corruption that threatens to destroy one of the most important bird habitats in Europe, the Ulcinj Solana in the far south of Montenegro. The suitability of Ulcinj Solana as a habitat for migratory birds actually depends on human-driven salt production, which maintains nutrient-rich waters that serve as fertile ground for many avian species. This documentary investigates the economic and ecological concerns that imperil this vital stronghold of biodiversity.
Milka Tadić Mijović is a journalist, media executive, and international civic activist who has worked throughout the turbulent transition era in Southeast Europe. She is one of the co-founders of the weekly Monitor, the first Montenegrin private and independent weekly magazine. During the ‘90s, she was actively engaged in the antiwar movement. Tadić Mijović was the first journalist dismissed from a job in Montenegro for articles critical of Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic’s nationalistic policies. Her articles defending peace and ethnic minorities and condemning corruption have received numerous awards and have been translated and quoted by The New York Times, The Economist, and other publications.
Tadić Mijović has been threatened in her country for speaking against corruption and other government wrongdoings. She was identified in the first ever list of “100 Information Heroes” by Reporters without Borders and has served on the Open Society Foundations board in Montenegro, on the Council of Europe Steering Committee on the Mass Media, and as a member of the Joint Commission on Media Policy of Duke University & the City of Vienna.
Currently, Tadić Mijović is president of the Centre for Investigative Journalism of Montenegro. She is now focused on topics related to high-level corruption, rule of law, freedom of media and the destruction of the nature in her native Montenegro and the Balkans.