Blue Orchids
2019
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BLUE ORCHIDS creates a double portrait of two experts situated on opposite ends of the same issue––the global arms trade. The stories of Chris Hedges, the former war correspondent of The New York Times, and Riccardo Privitera, a former arms & equipment dealer of Talisman Europe Ltd (now dissolved), provide an unusual and disturbing context for shocking revelations about the industry of war. While interviewing Privitera and Hedges for director Johan Grimonprez’s recently released feature Shadow World (2016), it became clear that the two men were describing the same anguish and the same trauma, but from paradoxical perspectives. One has dedicated his life to unmasking lies and the other has built his life on lies. Both their personal and political histories gradually reveal the depths of suffering and duplicity, situating the arms trade as a symptom of a profound illness: greed.
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Author:
Grimonprez, Johan, film directorHedges, Chris, actorJohan Grimonprez (Firm), distributorKanopy (Firm), distributor
Imprint:
Johan Grimonprez, 2017.[San Francisco, California, USA] : Kanopy Streaming, 2019.
Collation:
1 online resource (streaming video file) (48 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Notes:
Title from title frames.FilmIn Process Record.Originally produced by Johan Grimonprez in 2017.In English
Performers:
Chris Hedges
System details:
Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Language:
English
BRN:
392144
Electronic access:
https://www.kanopy.com/node/6038050/external-image - Cover Image
| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| Web | Emovies | STREAMING | In-process (Set: 29 Jan 2021)Access resource |