There is “no justification” for taking RT’s German-language channel off air, the prominent film director said, commenting on a recent move of a European satellite operator, who did so on the request of German regulator MABB. “It is absolutely absurd,” he added. The German authorities maintained that RT had no …
Read More »JFK almost ended Cold War and Cuba blockade in 1963, filmmaker Oliver Stone tells RT in EXCLUSIVE interview
Stone spoke to RT’s Afshin Rattansi from Cannes, where his new documentary ‘JFK: Revisited: Through The Looking Glass’ premiered. The film relies in part on interviews with JFK’s relatives and recently declassified documents about the 35th US president. “The main point we were trying to make in the documentary was …
Read More »“I’m the only Muslim in the world who’s blown up a market and got away with it,” says provocative British filmmaker Rizwan Wadan
A video of a Muslim blowing up a crowded market could be seen as reinforcing a stereotype, but not to Rizwan Wadan of Pixeleyed Pictures. He’s the driving force behind the Error in Terror campaign, which has just launched a controversial new video. Clocking in at under two minutes, it …
Read More »Local officials resign in India as filmmaker faces sedition case for comparing government Covid-19 response to ‘bioweapon’
Young filmmaker and actress Aisha Sultana made her comments during a televised five-person debate, in which she accused the authorities of Lakshadweep, an archipelago territory off India’s southwestern coast, of bungling the response to Covid-19. “I can say this clearly that the central government has deployed a bioweapon,” Sultana said …
Read More »I’m happy I can get a shot of Russian vaccine & escape this ‘prison’, self-isolating filmmaker Kusturica tells RT
Like many others, the 66-year-old filmmaker found his life significantly changed due to the pandemic. Previously a regular traveler due to his work and fame, he now spends much time at his country home, limiting outside contacts as much as possible to avoid the infection. “For the first time I …
Read More »Know where etapiruyut filmmaker Sentsov
The Director said in a letter to the Russian human rights activist Tatyana Shchur. Ukrainian Director Oleg Sentsov taken in Labytnangi (a town in Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous district, which is located just North of the Arctic circle). As reported by “Crimean human rights group” in Facebook. Disposition of Sentsov said in …
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