ORWELL: 2+2=5

Showings

IFC Center Fri, Nov 14 12:30 PM
Film Details
Year:2025
Running Time:119
Language:English
French
Russian
Chinese
Director:Raoul Peck
Executive Producer:Zhang Xin
William Horberg
Joey Mara
Maiken Baird
Jessica Grimshaw
David Levine
Courtney Sexton
Richard Perello
Erin Edeiken
Tom Quinn
Dan O'Meara
Johnny Fewings
Producer:Alex Gibney
Raoul Peck
George Chignell
Nick Shumaker
Editor:Alexandra Strauss
Cinematographer:Julian Schwanitz
Ben Bloodwell
Stuart Luck
Aera
Maung Nadi
Roman T
Composer:Alexeï Aïgui
Cast:Damian Lewis
DOC NYC
Event Years:2025
Festival Section:SHORT LIST: FEATURES
Film Genres:Archival
Black Director
DOC NYC Alumni
Essay Film
History
Inequality
Politics

Description

One of the most radical and visionary authors of the 20th Century, George Orwell’s 1940s novels, such as 1984 and Animal Farm, foretold a chilling, all-too-believable authoritarian future. Acclaimed director Raoul Peck (I Am Not Your Negro), working with the Orwell Estate, seamlessly interweaves historical clips, Orwell's diary entries, cinematic references, and dynamic modern footage to craft both a definitive portrait of the writer and an entirely fresh take on his remarkably prophetic works.



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