"Orwell 2+2=5" (2025)
And Marcia Treidler's Capoeira Celebration
Director Raoul Peck of Haiti has made a chilling new film. Narrated by Damian Lewis as the voice of Orwell, the film constructs a "cinematic essay" by weaving together the author's own letters and journals with archival footage, newsreels, and clips from modern events like the January 6th Capitol attack and the Russo-Ukrainian war
Peck uses this collage to draw direct parallels between the dystopian concepts of Nineteen Eighty-Four and contemporary political realities. It has been described as a warning about the state of modern democracy: https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/documentary-argues-george-orwells-greatest-fears-are-materializing
synopsis
by Raoul Peck
1949. George Orwell finishes what will be his last but most famous novel, 1984. This powerful and provocative documentary delves deep into Orwell’s final months and visionary works to explore the roots of the vital and troubling concepts he revealed to the world in his dystopian masterpiece… Doublethink, Thoughtcrime, Newspeak, the omnipresent spectre of Big Brother… disturbing truths which resonate ever-more powerfully today.