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Marcel Mettelsiefen
Marcel Mettelsiefen (born 1978) is a German documentary filmmaker. He has won six BAFTA awards and four Emmy awards, and was nominated for an Oscar in 2017 for Watani: My Homeland in the category of Best Documentary Short. In 2023, he won two BAFTA's for Children of the Taliban. In the same year, In Her Hands, was nominated for three Emmy awards, and won the award for Outstanding Politics & Government Documentary. Mettelsiefen has a background in photo journalism and has reported from the Middle East and Afghanistan, and South America. Mettelsiefen studied political science and medicine at the Humboldt University in Berlin.
Article summary
Marcel Mettelsiefen (born 1978) is a German documentary filmmaker. He has won six BAFTA awards and four Emmy awards, and was nominated for an Oscar in 2017 for Watani: My Homeland in the category of Best Documentary Short. In 2023, he won two BAFTA's for Children of the Taliban. In the same year, In Her Hands, was nominated for three Emmy awards, and won the award for Outstanding Politics & Government Documentary. Mettelsiefen has a background in photo journalism and has reported from the Middle East and Afghanistan, and South America. Mettelsiefen studied political science and medicine at the Humboldt University in Berlin.
Key claims
- date of birth: 1978 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
Discussion questions
- Summarise the article in your own words. Which single claim would you verify first, and why?
- The record states that the date of birth is "1978". What evidence would count against this claim?
- Which claim in this article is most likely to be revised as the sources update? How would you check its current status?
- If two sources disagreed about one of these facts, what would you need in order to trust one over the other?
Bibliography
- Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1367364923
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