The Unknown Famine

Name: The Unknown Famine
Released: 1973-10-18

197323mDocumentary

"A coverage of the 1973 Ethiopian famine by a British journalist"

Overview

Jonathan Dimbleby’s landmark 1973 documentary “The Unknown Famine” stands as a pivotal moment in Ethiopian history—a journalistic endeavour that not only exposed a humanitarian crisis but inadvertently helped precipitate the end of Africa’s oldest monarchy. The footage was broadcast by ITV for its f...