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Richard Kerbaj documentary shortlisted for three awards

 

Screen Shot 2016-06-10 at 11.19.40The Bafta-winning documentary My Son the Jihadi by The Sunday Times journalist Richard Kerbaj has been nominated for three further awards.

This powerful Channel 4 documentary, produced by security correspondent Richard, was inspired by his original story in The Sunday Times in June 2014.

It charts the radicalisation of a young man from suburban High Wycombe, through to joining a terror group and ultimately his violent death in Kenya as seen through the eyes of his mother. It was screened last October.

The documentary has been nominated for Association for International Broadcasting and Grierson Trust awards along with the International Emmy Awards being held in New York on November 21.