Select independent cinemas in the US will be screening 1984 in protest of Donald Trump, specifically his alleged proposed cuts on cultural institutions, including the entire elimination of the National Endowment for the Arts.
Orwell’s portrait of a government that manufactures their own facts, demands total obedience, and demonizes foreign enemies, has never been timelier.”
A dictatorship overseen by Big Brother, bastioned by a cult of personality, though he may not even exist.
“Less than one month into the new presidential administration, theater owners collectively believe the clock is already striking thirteen.