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SUMMARY:FREE SPEECH: A History from Socrates to Social Media
DESCRIPTION:Free speech around the world today is in retreat.  \n\n\n\nAuthoritarian and nationalist figures from Narendra Modi in India to Viktor Orbán in Hungary are silencing dissenting voices in an effort to entrench power.  \n\n\n\nEven in democracies\, where it is hailed as the “first freedom” and a bedrock democratic value\, the free speech debate is weaponized by the political left and right\, as different groups aim to curtail it on college campuses\, in classrooms\, and on digital platforms — undermining the very culture of tolerance and open-mindedness on which this freedom ultimately depends.  \n\n\n\nJoin author Jacob Mchangama for a conversation on the global history of free speech\, from the ancient world to today. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRegister for the Zoom event \n\n\n\nABOUT THE BOOK:In FREE SPEECH: A History from Socrates to Social Media (Basic Books; On sale February 8\, 2022)\, Jacob Mchangama offers a definitive account of this transformative idea\, from the ancient world to the digital age\, and in the process establishes why defending free speech is so critical today. History shows that the free exchange of ideas is essential not only to the spread of knowledge and innovation\, but also to upholding the values so cherished by democratic nations.  \n\n\n\nMoreover\, despite contemporary debates\, the practice and principle of free speech has been instrumental in ensuring the equality and dignity of marginalized and voiceless groups\, while censorship and repression has been the weapon of choice of oppressors\, authoritarians and supremacists. \n\n\n\n“The best history of free speech ever written and the best defense of free speech ever made. Jacob Mchangama never loses sight of the trouble freedom causes but always keeps in mind that lack of freedom creates horrors.”  — P.J. O’Rourke\n\n\n\nIn this sweeping history\, Mchangama includes a global cast of free speech defenders\, including the great liberalphilosopher John Stuart Mill\, the trailblazing Dutch philosopher Baruch Spinoza\, the ancient Athenian orator Demosthenes\, the ninth-century freethinker al-Rāzī\, the anti-lynching crusader Ida B. Wells and the campaigner for Indian independence Mahatma Gandhi.  \n\n\n\nThrough their captivating stories and others\, he reveals how the free exchange of ideas underlies all intellectual achievement and has enabled the advancement of both freedom and equality worldwide. \n\n\n\nMchangama has spent a decade advocating for free speech in the press and as a member of the Danish government’s independent commission on free speech. In FREE SPEECH\, he establishes just how much humanity has gained from the spread of this powerful idea\, and just how much we stand to lose if we allow for its erosion in the digital age. \n\n\n\nABOUT THE AUTHOR:Jacob Mchangama is the founder and executive director of the Danish think tank Justitia and the host of the podcast Clear and Present Danger: A History of Free Speech. His writing on free speech has appeared in the Economist\, the Washington Post\, Foreign Policy\, and many other outlets around the world. He lives in Copenhagen\, Denmark.
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SUMMARY:TRUTH TELLERS: Artist Robert Shetterly's Journey to Uphold Our Founding Ideals
DESCRIPTION:A special virtual screening and conversation with Artist and Activist Robert Shetterly about the new documentary\, TRUTH TELLERS\, a film that delves into the lives of courageous Americans fighting for social\, environmental and economic justice. Shetterly has painted 255 portraits of Americans\, past and present\, who had the moral courage to confront the pressing issues of their time. Shetterly’s art and activism is a history lesson in what it means to be a citizen of our democracy. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWatch the TRUTH TELLERS Trailer\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRegister for the virtual screening and conversation \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAbout the Artist: American Contemporary Artist and Activist Robert Shetterly has painted 255 portraits of Americans\, past and present\, who had the moral courage to confront issues of social\, environmental and economic justice. The project began in response to the government’s actions following the 9/11 attacks on the World Trade Center in New York. To deal with his grief and anger\, the artist began painting people who inspired him. The series\, Americans Who Tell the Truth\, has been exhibited throughout the United States for almost two decades. TRUTH TELLERS is both a story of Shetterly’s art and activism and a history lesson in what it means to be a citizen of a democracy. The film features Bayard Rustin\, Bill McKibben\, Kelsey Juliana\, Rev. Lennox Yearwood\, Sherri Mitchell\, Maulian Dana\, Bill Bigelow\, Zyahna Bryant\, Bree Newsome Bass\, Fannie Lou Hammer\, John Lewis\, Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.\, Reggie Harris\, among others. \n\n\n\n\n“[Shetterly] is an invaluable chronicler of 21st century America.”   – Bill Moyers\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAbout the Director\, Producer and Cinematographer:Richard Kane\, is an independent director whose work is focused on the intersection of art and contemporary American life.Previous film releases include\, J. Fred Woell: An American Vision\, I Know a Man… Ashley Bryan\, Imber’s Left Hand\, and 15 others\, all part of the Maine Masters collection\, a New England Emmy-nominated series of portraits that airs on public television. With partner Melody Lewis-Kane\, their company\, Kane-Lewis Productions\, has worked for National Geographic\, The Discovery Channel\, the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts and the White House Office of Technology Policy among many others. Kane-Lewis produced the Natural Resources Council ofMaine’s 50th anniversary film Protecting the Nature of Maine\, an indie doc ROCK SOLID: The Schoodic International Sculpture Symposium and the classic award-winning documentary M.C. Richards: The Fire Within. From 2007-2016 Richard served as chair of the Maine Film & Video Association. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAbout the Writer:Judith Dwan Hallet is an award-winning documentary filmmaker\, former Senior Producer/Writer at National Geographic\, who has been making films for 50 years\, and received many distinguished awards including Woman of Vision Creative Excellence Award from Women in Film and Video in Washington DC and an Emmy from The National Capital Chesapeake Bay Chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences in recognition for her significant contributions to the broadcast industry. Additional cinematography was provided by veteran Bob Elsfrom\, who has shot and directed documentaries for half a century and won multiple Emmys and Academy Award nominations. His resume includes the likes of PBS\, Frontline and National Geographic and a feature film with Brian De Palma and Robert De Niro.
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