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Podcast: Rewriting Hollywood
Episode: Mat Charles: Child Soldiers in Colombia and his Award-winning Documentary, 'Operation Berlin'
Description: Jared Milrad chats with Mat Charles about his award-winning documentary, OPERATION BERLIN, which recounts how FARC rebels in Colombia forcibly recruited child soldiers, and why many of them were killed by the Colombian Army in 2000. Mat also walks us through his background as a journalist, which has included being a freelance foreign correspondent covering Colombia's civil conflict for the BBC World Service and The Telegraph newspaper. Mat also shares how he uncovered atrocities in Colombia, what we can do to hold governments accountable, and how we can help child soldiers around the world.We depend on...