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Panel on Sport and Art in Censored Society at Propaganda: A Festival Celebrating Russian Voices at Cooper Union
Sport and Art in Censored Society was the closing panel of PROPAGANDA: A Festival Celebrating Russian Voices livestreamed on the global, commons-based peer-produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv on Sunday 19 January at 3:15 p.m. PST/ 5:15 p.m. CST/ 6:15 p.m. EST/ 23:15 GMT. Use #propfest2014 and #howlround to tweet in your questions!
The festival includes ground-breaking world-premiere Russian plays that Putin would consider Propaganda. Sport and Art in a Censored Society will follow the US Premiere of Sochi 2014, Tess Berry-Hart's acclaimed docu-drama about the lead-up to the Winter Olympics.
Read the PROPAGANDA: A Festival Celebrating Russian Voices essay series here on HowlRound.
The panel discussion shines spotlight on Russia and Putin's anti-propaganda law mere weeks before the Sochi Games. Featured panelists include:
NY Times journalist Masha Gessen (@mashagessen)
Olympic Medalist Derrik Adkins
Spectrum President Larry Poltavtsev
Towleroad legal editor Ari Ezra Waldman will moderate.
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