An Independent Mind (2008)
Жанр : документальный
Время выполнения : 1Ч 30М
Директор : Rex Bloomstein
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How do you deal with threats of imprisonment for drawing a cartoon of the president? What does it mean if you are thrown out of your country for singing a song? How does it feel to be condemned for denying the existence of the Holocaust? An Independent Mind explores one of the most important and controversial human rights: freedom of speech.Through testimonies from eight people who have experienced problems as a result of expressing their personal opinions, filmmaker Rex Bloomstein explores the limits of freedom of expression. It is not always easy to to find out where these are. Obviously, it is not difficult to empathise with Reggae singer Tiken Jah Kakoly, who was forced to flee his native Ivory Coast, or with the Algerian cartoonist Ali Dilem, who was condemned to nine years in jail. But does the same apply to Holocaust denier David Irving or the Basque rock group Soziedad Alkoholika that ridicules victims of ETA violence?
Tommy Robinson goes on the offensive by documenting how his own “hit piece” on his character was being constructed by the taxpayer-funded BBC for their popular investigative news special “Panorama.” In the film he manages to capture footage of the blackmailing of his former employees to invent stories, along with an organization—known as “Hope not Hate”—on set with the BBC, intimidating ex-employees of Robinson during interviews. The host of “Panorama” at the time of filming is caught on camera casually using racist and homophobic slurs during a £220 champagne lunch with the same ex-employee they had planned to coach for a fake interview in which the BBC would possibly edit in which to make it appear as, “a gender, a sexual thing against Tommy Robinson,” according to the host. Within 24 hours of releasing the film, social media giant Facebook made a public statement of their own and removed Tommy Robinson’s accounts permanently.
1987 год. Пятеро молодых и дерзких парней из пригорода Лос-Анджелеса начинают свой стремительный путь к славе… Они станут голосом улиц, и весь мир будет у ног бунтарей из N.W.A.
The film is set in 1521 Antwerp, in a Europe ravaged by religious wars, and during the early years of the Reformation. It tells the story of the twelve year old, Falko Voeten – a printer’s son. When Falko’s father, Klaas Voeten, a printer of forbidden literature, is caught by the Inquisition for printing a letter written by Maarten Luther; Falko is unwittingly propelled into helping his father and into searching for the letter. Threatened by the Inquisition but aided by Marieke, a Catholic orphan girl from the underground sewers, Falko is faced with a race against time if he is to save his father from being executed for heresy.
Восточный Берлин, ноябрь 1984 года. За пять лет до своего низвержения восточно-германское правительство обеспечивает свои притязания на власть беспощадной системой контроля и сыска. Преданный партиец капитан Герд Вислер надеется подняться по служебной лестнице, выполняя работу по сбору улик против драматурга Георга Дрaймана и его подруги - знаменитой театральной актрисы Кристы-Марии Зиланд.
Однако он не ожидал, что погружение в мир объекта наблюдения меняет и самого сыскного агента. Погружение в жизнь других - в любовь, литературу, свободу мысли и слова - приводит Вислера к острому осознанию скудости его собственного существования и открывает ему совершенно новый образ жизни, противостоять которому становится всё сложнее. Но когда система уже запущена, она не может быть остановлена. Опасная игра началась…
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Ай Вэйвэй — самый известный китайский современный художник, «пекинский Энди Уорхол» и хулиган, создавший себе имя и репутацию не только выставками в Tate Modern, но и открытым противодействием китайским властям. Действующий в условиях строгой цензуры и бесчеловечного законодательства, Ай продолжает творить и сплачивать людей с помощью своего искусства и социальных сетей. В ответ на это китайские власти закрыли его блог, избили, снесли бульдозером его недавно построенную студию и тайно заключили художника под стражу.
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