Young combat photographers shooting in Mexico, Brazil, Uganda and Libya will be the subjects of the limited documentary series Witness on HBO. Michael Mann (Public Enemies) and documentary director David Frankham are teaming up to produce the series which shot the first episode in Juarez, Mexico. Production is underway on three additional episodes.
“David Frankham and I share an admiration for combat photography that captures the universal – and sometimes the indescribable – in a single frame in the midst of chaos and danger,” stated Mann.
“Witness will not provide a historical context. The direction Michael and I took in creating Witness was to immerse the audience via intimacy with the photographer into the intensity of a situation as it’s developing, as they risk their lives to capture one piece of the truth,” said Frankham.
The Story: By following these photojournalists’ immersions, their relations with the people on the ground and their closeness in battle, Witness will show audiences why, when everyone else seeks cover, the war photographer stands.
