Redford and Barkin Head PEN/ACLU Sundance “Reckoning with Torture” Event
Robert Redford and Ellen Barkin joined director Doug Liman (The Bourne Identity, Mr. and Mrs. Smith, Fair Game) and an all-star cast Saturday at the Sundance Film Festival to… More
Doug Liman Partners With ACLU, PEN
Filmmaker Doug Liman launched his career with ‘90s indie films “Swingers” and “Go,” but in the past decade, he graduated to producing TV shows “The O.C.” and “Covert Affairs”… More
At Sundance, Doug Liman Turns Attention to Bush Administration Torture Record
Acclaimed director Doug Liman (The Bourne Identity, Mr. and Mrs. Smith, Fair Game) is teaming up with the American Civil Liberties Union, PEN American Center, and the Sundance Film… More
Belarus Free Theatre Can’t Go Home Again
Belarus Free Theatre can’t go home again–if the members of the company return to Belarus, they fear they’ll be arrested. They appeared in New York this week for the… More
Support for Belarus Free Theater Includes Rally, Benefit, and Chicago
On December 19, a presidential election in Belarus that international observers said was fraudulent sent protesters into the streets, including members of the Belarus Free Theater. The troupe managed… More
Tom Stoppard, Don DeLillo, Billy Crudup read for Belarus Free Theater
Playwright Tom Stoppard, novelists Don Delillo and E.L. Doctorow and actor Billy Crudup are among those who will read Jan. 19 in New York to benefit the Belarus Free… More
ACLU and PEN American Center to Present “Reckoning With Torture” at Sundance
The American Civil Liberties Union and PEN American Center, in conjunction with the Sundance Film Festival, will present a special performance of “Reckoning With Torture: Memos and Testimonies From… More
State Dept to Take Steps to Facilitate Free Exchange of Ideas Across Borders
The Obama Administration will take new steps to address the “ideological exclusion” of scholars and others from the United States on the basis of their political views, according to… More
PEN asks Smithsonian to consider implications of video removal
The board of the PEN American Center, the human rights and literary organization, has asked the Smithsonian Board of Regents to consider some of the broader issues of censorship… More
PEN Calls on Smithsonian Institution to Reinstate Controversial Video
PEN American Center has sent a letter to the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution and the Director of the National Portrait Gallery urging them to review the… More
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