In this installment of the Freedom Chat, Dr. Ma Thida, a Burmese surgeon, writer, and human rights activist discusses the effect of recent government policies on free speech.
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On June 7, award-winning filmmaker Mahnaz Mohammadi began serving a five year sentence in Iran’s infamous Evin Prison. In this video that Mohammadi recorded on June 6, she speaks about the impending imprisonment.
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Cave Canem faculty member Tim Seibles engaged Pittsburgh audiences in June at the Alphabet City tent with several of his poems. Today, we present you with a video of Tim reading his poem “Allison Wolf”.
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In this Freedom Chat, midía NINJA member Felipe Altenfelder Silva talks about how media activism can create counter narratives that respond to Brazil’s diverse population and movements for social change.
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In this interview with Cave Canem faculty member Lyrae Van Clief-Stefanon, she reveals a personal affinity for archival research in libraries and she describes how the Floridian swamp as well as other elements from childhood feed into her work.
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In this installment of The Freedom Chat, journalist Felipe Altenfelder Silva highlights the similarities of Brazil’s monopolized media to the US and the organic development of Mídia Ninja, an activist platform realized in March 2013.
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In this edition of “The Writer’s Block”, acclaimed poet Patricia Smith discusses her quest to reclaim her personal history, the power of personification, and how no topic is off limits.
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