{"id":285508,"date":"2025-10-09T12:04:54","date_gmt":"2025-10-09T11:04:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/1984-is-having-a-moment-again-the-assignment\/"},"modified":"2025-10-09T12:04:54","modified_gmt":"2025-10-09T11:04:54","slug":"1984-is-having-a-moment-again-the-assignment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/1984-is-having-a-moment-again-the-assignment\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201c1984\u201d is having a moment (again) | The Assignment"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i3.ytimg.com\/vi\/rrALTKt7awk\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"\u201c1984\u201d is having a moment (again) | The Assignment\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/rrALTKt7awk\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>Film director Raoul Peck grew up in Haiti and the Congo, and is no stranger to authoritarianism. So it was an easy \u201cyes\u201d when he was offered access to author George Orwell\u2019s entire body of work, from the original manuscript of \u201c1984\u201d to letters and journals. The result is \u201cOrwell: 2+2=5,\u201d a documentary about how a man named Eric Arthur Blair became the timeless face of truth.<\/p>\n<p>Listen to the full episode of CNN&#8217;s The Assignment podcast: http:\/\/swap.fm\/l\/twacyt100925<\/p>\n<p>#cnn #news #orwell #georgeorwell #raoulpeck #film #documentary #documentaryfilm #audiecornish<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Film director Raoul Peck grew up in Haiti and the Congo, and is no stranger to authoritarianism. So it was an easy \u201cyes\u201d when he was offered access to author George Orwell\u2019s entire body of work, from the original manuscript of \u201c1984\u201d to letters and journals. 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