Pedro Almodóvar says film-makers have a ‘moral duty’ to speak out against the far right

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According to The Guardian’s source item, Pedro Almodóvar says film-makers have a ‘moral duty’ to speak out against the far right, ‘Europe must never be subjected to Trump’ says Spanish film-maker at a Cannes press conference for his new film, Bitter Christmas Pedro Almodóvar has argued that film-makers have a “moral duty” to speak up about politics or they will enable the kind of stifling of free speech taking place in the US, warning that “Europe must never be subjected to Trump”. Speaking at the Cannes premiere of his new film Bitter Christmas , the veteran Spanish director was responding to questions about previous comments in which he had remarked on a lack of protests at the Oscars earlier this year. Continue reading…

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