Arts Express

Wed, Sep 4, 2024 21:00 PM

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Hosts: Prairie Miller, Jack Shalom

Topics:

** "They arrest you for standing up for human rights - 1984 has arrived and is alive and well."
Fascism, Facebook, The FBI, And French Criminalization In The Service Of Snooping On People's Stuff -
** "Look like a girl, act like a lady, work like a dog, and think like a man..." -
Radha Mitchell Talks Take My Hand, Finding Neverland, And Kerouac's Lover In Big Sur -
UK Desk: Theater Of War filmmaker Matthew Alford discusses 'the fascinating and controversial world of military recruitment through video games -
A Conversation With Artist Carlito Rovira. -

Synopsis: ** "They arrest you for standing up for human rights - 1984 has arrived and is alive and well."

Fascism, Facebook, The FBI, And French Criminalization In The Service Of Snooping On People's Stuff - Roger Waters and political commentator Rick Sanchez weigh in.

** "Look like a girl, act like a lady, work like a dog, and think like a man..."

Radha Mitchell Talks Take My Hand, Finding Neverland, And Kerouac's Lover In Big Sur - the Australian actress discussing as well her grandmother's advice on surviving the film world. And her latest film, 'Take My Hand' - delving into the mental and emotional toll of disability.

Along with a look at her upcoming portrayal in A Natural Selection, a class conscious psychological thriller opposite Malcolm McDowell, her character 'struggling to raise her daughter by taking a job at a billionaire's lavish estate - only to realize she's been lured there for sinister purposes...'

** "Normalizing violence on the world stage - the gaming industry and further blurring the line between entertainment, and recruitment and military propaganda..."

UK Desk: Theater Of War filmmaker Matthew Alford discusses 'the fascinating and controversial world of military recruitment through video games - and the historical evolution, ethical implications and political impact of this digital recruitment strategy...'

"...A painting I did several years ago of two historic revolutionary figures done in a single canvas - they continue to be a major pain-in-the-ass to the rulers of the capitalist system. These legendary individuals provided humanity with a critical analysis of this system that has proven applicable to this day -I enjoy painting images of revolutionaries. With my brush I give grandeur to those who would otherwise not receive it under the savage system we live under...'

A Conversation With Artist Carlito Rovira. The self-described Puerto Rican 'Young Lord for life' delves into discovering painting in prison, and his political inspiration creatively from 'the revolutionary struggle of the Young Lords as a youth, when 'during the McCarthy era, it was the McCarthy era on steroids in Puerto Rico - and that is what I want to be remembered by, that I was an artist but I was a revolutionary artist...'

Guests:

Radha Mitchell, actress -
Carlito Rovira, artist -
Matt Alford, filmmaker -

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