Documentary HackOrwell: 2+2=5By Raoul Peck
In a Nutshell
In this documentary, director Raoul Peck offers a unique portrait of 20th-century writer George Orwell, interweaving readings from his diary and modern-day footage to reveal how his books predicted an authoritarian future.
Favorite Quote
When I sit down to write a book, I do not say to myself, 'I'm going to produce a work of art.' I write it because there is some lie I want to expose, some fact to which I want to draw attention, and my initial concern is to get a hearing.
George Orwell
Introduction
In his novels 1894 and Animal Farm, George Orwell painted a picture of dystopian worlds that, in some ways, do not feel very far off today.
In Orwell: 2+2=5, director Raoul Peck uses Orwell's books, letters, and diary entries to reveal his thoughts on totalitarianism.
Layered under Orwell's words are modern news clips from around the world, showing that many of Orwell's warnings have come to pass.
Orwell: 2+2=5 is presented by Neon and produced by Jigsaw Productions and Velvet Film Production.
Peck is best known for the 2016 film I Am Not Your Negro, a documentary about writer James Baldwin.
Here are the 3 key insights from this Hack
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