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Raoul Peck on His Cannes-Bound George Orwell Documentary and the Threat of Dictatorship: ‘Terror Comes Slowly’
Raoul Peck, who will be in Cannes with 'Orwell: 2+2=5,' delivered a blistering warning about the rise of autocracy this week at Visions du Réel.
Talking to Variety in March about the administration of U.S. President Donald Trump, Peck said that the world is at the mercy of “crazy people” who have put the lives of millions at stake, and compared Trump-supporting manifesto “Project 2025” to “Mein Kampf.” His Oscar-nominated “I Am Not Your Negro” (2016), based on the writings of civil rights activist James Baldwin, and his Peabody-winning HBO docuseries “Exterminate All the Brutes” (2021) examine the roots of racial violence and colonialism through a global lens. In 2012, he served on the main jury, and last year, he won the Œil d’Or for best documentary with “Ernest Cole: Lost and Found,” which he shared with “The Brink of Dreams” co-directors Nada Riyadh and Ayman El Amir.
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