Jim: The James Foley Story Page #2
- TV-MA
- Year:
- 2016
- 111 min
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in conflict areas.
in terms of digital publishing
and newspapers started to eliminate
things that they didn't see as essential.
International coverage dwindled
down to very little.
So we saw an opportunity to fill that void
and we needed to work with freelancers.
Freelancers decide to work together
just on the basis of this...
initial quick read chemistry.
I saw this new guy who I hadn't met before.
He looked friendly enough, so I said,
"Hey, what's up?" He said, "Oh, not
much, going to the front line."
And he'd heard a lot about Libya and the
fact that it was very cheap to work.
Rebels and protesters were eager to
show us their side of the story.
You know, they were driving us all over for
free. They were translating for us for free.
Many of us never really experienced the
luxury of journalism in its heyday.
What we do is journalism
on a shoestring budget.
So we've had to be a lot more resourceful
in a way and just more street savvy.
I think in a sense, the way we all got to know
each other was the Africa hotel in Benghazi.
It was the cheapest hotel and the
crappiest and we were all staying there.
I'd seen Jim talking to, you
know, a few other journalists
and he was just really
friendly with everybody.
It was unusual in a place like that. You know,
there's still an edge of competitiveness
in that environment, whereas Jim
was just like, "Yeah, whatever."
He gave off a really good first
impression and, you know,
it helps that he's like a super good-looking
guy, and I was just like, "Who is this guy?
Who are you?"
Just that jaw man, like, just
f***ing cut cheese with that thing.
There wasn't anything mundane
about the man whatsoever.
He never really like, projected himself onto
a situation and he dealt well with people.
[Jim] Who are the Libyan rebels determined
to overthrow 42 years of dictatorship?
[Jim]
Welder? Off-shore welding?
- Platform, yeah.
- Okay, dangerous job.
They're brave as individuals, but many
show a dangerous lack of weapons training.
[Clare] There were so many
freelancers who came in
at that point in time who were so new,
Jim and I among them, and I found out
only later that there were a number
of much more experienced
photo-journalists
who'd made one or two
trips to the front line
and said "F*** it, this is
way too dangerous."
Jim had a high tolerance for danger.
- [Jim] Sh*t!
- I mean, sure, he was drawn to that. All of us are in a way.
He was cool as a cucumber as well.
Hey, like wearing this little like,
tiny vest that he used to wear.
[Clare] The fact that he stayed so calm
made it easy to feel calm in that situation,
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