Word: propaganda
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 2000-2009
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...those reasons, ‘talking about Palestine’ has a definite political cast in the U.S. and Israel.”The majority of the organizing committee members are human rights activists, but Sawhney firmly declares that they are not indulging in “mere political propaganda.” The subject of most of these films cannot be taken lightly: heavy sighs came from the audience at the Harvard Film Archive as children from refugee camps spoke of their homeland over nostalgic music.‘OCCUPATION 101’In a festival like this, politics...
...meanwhile, certainly didn't win any good will with the South Korean public either. The Dear Leader failed to attend two official dinners held for the South Korean delegation even after Roh's pledge to attend the controversial Airang Games, a massive synchronized gymnastic performance often used as a propaganda tool that glorifies the regime. Kim also appeared - to put it charitably - a little distant in Roh's company, a stark contrast to the first summit seven years ago when Kim Jong Il welcomed former president Kim Dae Jung wholeheartedly. "Roh definitely got a less emotional reception," says Paik...
...opening ceremonies last fall. “This film brings the message for peace; [it] is an anti-war film,” Wang says, noting that he has shown the film at festivals in places plagued by violence, like Israel and South Korea. Wang, who once created propaganda for the Chinese communist party before moving to Canada in 1989, describes his first film, “Sunrise Over Tiananmen Square,” as autobiographical, illustrating the evolution of his views away from what he refers to as “the Red Dream.” Wang says...
...Today’s incident proves that the Coop doesn’t believe its own propaganda about owning ISBN numbers,” Hadfield said. Hadfield and Goldenberg are both members of the Crimson editorial staff...
...Even so, the project remains sensitive in Germany. When thousands of brown-shirted extras marched underneath giant swastikas at a parade ground in a western corner of Berlin, for example, a passerby filed an official complaint with the city for illegal display of Nazi propaganda. "What are the tourists going to think, not to speak of old people that were affected by the Nazi regime themselves?," Christian Bredlow, who is bringing the suit, told the Berlin daily Tageszeitung. Similar charges have been filed against the owners of other Berlin sites, including the Nazi-era Ministry of Finance, which are being...