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Les arts de la parole
Koroviev, a police officer who teaches poetry in a brigade of police poets, is in search of a precious Bible annotated by Pierre Maheu, the captain of the St. Elias, a legendary ship. His quest leads him to befriend a young thief who introduces him to a mysterious woman named Coriandre.
The Power of Speech
Hardy makes a living selling knickknacks on chilean buses. But a Government announcement worries him. We will soon be a World Class country, we will have a modern and elegant public transportation system, so we will tolerate his job no longer. He gathers two thousand colleagues and together they struggle to survive modernity.
Save My Speech
This is the story of the poet Osip Mandelstam, recreated at the intersection of the arts and genres: puppet theater, design, computer graphics, documentary. The rebellious spirit of Mandelstam's poetry sounded a challenge to the authorities, and their author was destroyed by a state machine - he died in a transit camp. Much of what he wrote could n..
Access Denied: The Death of Free Speech?
Northern Irish documentary filmmakers examine the impact that the recent Abortion Access (Safe Access Zones) Bill has on free speech, especially surrounding anti-abortion protests outside clinics. To this end, they interview an independent libertarian political candidate to gain some perspective on the ramifications such a Bill would have for free ..
Turks' Hearing Speech on Hürriyet
Early Balkan footage.
Speech after the Execution
Documentary about Vadym Yakovych Boyko, Ukrainian writer, novelist, prisoner of Auschwitz.
Safrana ou le droit à la parole
Quatre travailleurs immigrés Noirs africains décident de quitter Paris pour suivre des stages d’agriculture dans la campagne française puis tenter une réinsertion dans leur pays d’origine. Dans le car qui les conduit chez des paysans français, ils évoquent leurs souvenirs parisiens : misères et dérision de la condition d’immigré. N�..
Another Speech. Memories of Alexey Reshetov
About life and artistic path of the Ural poet Alexey Reshetov (1937-2002), a man of unique destiny and unique talent. For most of his adult life, he worked as an electrician at one of the potash mines in the city of Berezniki. There he began to write poetry and gradually publish, first in local newspapers, then in Perm and Yekaterinburg. He never l..
CONFESSIONS OF TEXT-TO-SPEECH VOICE GENERATOR
The main character of this film which is mostly made from found footage and appropriated images, is a simple software, an ordinary online text-to-speech voice generator. It does what all similar generators do, but there is one difference. This text-to-speech voice generator, after completing many tasks, somehow becomes aware of its own existence. I..
The Speech of Prime Minister Tanaka
The only surviving film produced by Showa Kinema, the first company of pioneering sound-film producer Yoshizo Minagawa, records a speech by conservative Prime Minister Giichi Tanaka, who served from from 1927 to 1929, when he resigned after a dispute with the Emperor. The film features Tanaka standing in front of black drapes, talking directly into..
Sigui Synthesis: The Invention of Speech and Death
Sigui 1967-1973: invention de la parole et de la mort is a never-before-seen synthesis of the roaming ceremony of the Dogon people living in Mali, the Sigui. It is celebrated for seven years every sixty years, and it is to commemorate the first forefather’s death and funeral and the bestowal of speech to humans.
Crass: The Sound of Free Speech (The Story of Reality Asylum)
The film dives into 1970's Britain; the birth of punk and the formation of Crass, with an in-depth look at their art, music and ethos.
Dima Gavrilov: Steve Jobs Stanford Commencement Speech
Dima Gavrilov talks about first dates, being late, coffee, and the poisoning of Alexei Navalny. Everything that is said here is jokes and nothing but jokes.
Henry Ford's War on Jews and the Legal Battles Against Hate Speech
The film will tell the story of the campaign of antisemitism waged by automotive pioneer Henry Ford throughout the 1920s. It was in 1925 that Aaron Sapiro, a self-made lawyer and activist, sued Ford for libel. After a dramatic court case that gripped the nation, Sapiro forced Ford to shut down his antisemitic newspaper, The Dearborn Independent, an..
Feminine Speeches
Behind every female face there is a story of struggle, strength and beauty. Follow the routine of five women who represent the country, in all its cultural, social, racial and religious diversity.
Silenced
“Silenced” is a film about the state of free speech in America.
#Introductions
Set entirely against a green screen, performance artist Shia LaBeouf recites dialogue submitted by the graduating class of Fine Art BA, with each monologue presented with intense dramatic range in a captivating episodic, artistic format.
Words for an End of the World
Spain, April 14, 1931. The Second Republic is born. From the beginning, the writer Miguel de Unamuno is considered one of the ethical pillars of the new regime. Five years later, on December 31, 1936, a few months after the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War (1936-39), Unamuno dies at his home in Salamanca, capital of the rebel side, led by General ..
Sex, Drugs and Gore
Offended by lyrics they deemed too sexual and violent, Tipper Gore and Susan Baker campaigned to put warning labels on albums in 1985. Years later, warning labels have ended up in some unexpected places.
