Quil Lawrence

Film festival organizer cancels event, citing pressure from China's government The director of a Chinese-language film festival in New York City says he's been forced to cancel the event because of pressure from the Chinese government on the films' directors.

First came the call from his own parents. Then dozens of cancellations came pouring in.

How the director of an inaugural film festival in New York City...came under pressure from China to cancel the festival in the U.S.
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A New Global Scene for Independent Chinese Film On November 6, the IndieChina Film Festival announced its cancellation because of pressure from authorities on China-based filmmakers and participants.This November, two unrelated festivals of indepen...

Ironic and sad - written just days before the festival was cancelled: "Films like this cannot be screened publicly in China. But this year’s film festivals will, according to Shelly Kraicer, “insist that independent Chinese film voices continue to be heard..."

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Carlson’s War: Part 1 : Up First from NPR What does it mean to live through war? And can someone who’s experienced war ever get over it? These are questions NPR’s Quil Lawrence has been asking himself for years. A decade ago, Lawrence did a...

I've been talking to Dave Carlson for ten years. So glad to finally tell the story of his long journey home from war.
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