Animal Farm (by George Orwell)
Learn about how the CIA paid for the film version, the links to the Russian Revolution, and how the author (literally) lost his voice. This is a dive into a literary classic, Animal Farm by George Orwell.
Links:
- (WATCH): the full 1954 version on YouTube:
- (WATCH): the full 1999 version on YouTube:
http://bit.ly/animalfarm1999film
- (READ) the missing preface about censorship:
- (WATCH) China’s ban on Animal Farm in 2018:
- (READ) about the early Polish influence, Bunt:
- (READ) the one-to-one parallels to Soviet history:
http://bit.ly/sovietparallelsanimal
- (READ) Orwell’s book, “Down and Out in Paris and London”:
- (READ) the CIA’s balloon drop of Animal Farm into the Soviet Union:
http://bit.ly/ciaballonsanimalfarm
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