“Freedom River”, an Animated Parable about the Erosion of Freedom

“Freedom River”, an Animated Parable about the Erosion of Freedom

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In 1971, director Sam Weiss released this short animated parable narrated by Orson Welles.

Concentrating on an area of growing concern in our society — the indifference that makes people blind to the injustices around them — this animated parable traces how the erosion of freedom, like the pollution of natural resources, can occur so gradually that both evade the attention of a busy and preoccupied nation.

Produced back in the era of the Vietnam War and the Nixon administration, the lessons of this film still resonate today. (via open culture)

Tags: Orson Welles   politics   video

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