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Mark Harris

Mike Nichols: A LifeSheila and Bill LambertWednesday, June 23, 2021 | 7:00 pm ET
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[WEBINAR] Voting Matters: Mobilizing the Vote with Washington Post Live

Friday, October 16, 2020 | 1:00 pm ET
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Chinese Government Censorship Poses Clear Risk to Creative Freedom in U.S. Filmmaking

Press ReleaseAugust 5, 2020

PEN America today said Chinese government censorship is exerting influence on Hollywood and the global filmmaking industry, posing a clear threat to free speech and artistic expression. More

A security guard looks at a billboard full of movie posters outside a Beijing theatre Friday, April 25, 1997. Chinese can now watch a wide selection of movies, ranging from locally produced communist propaganda films to Hollywood blockbusters.

[VIRTUAL] Report Launch & Panel Discussion: Made in Hollywood, Censored by Beijing

Wednesday, August 5, 2020 | 4:00 pm PT
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Belarus Approaches Another Undemocratic Election, as Arts and Culture Remains Underground

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By: Polina Sadovskaya | July 27, 2020

The courageous Belarusian artists and writers who continue to tell their stories, and to speak the truth, must not be ignored. More

Kim Masters

The PEN Pod: A Reckoning in Hollywood with Kim Masters

InterviewJuly 22, 2020

“True power—defined as the ability to get something made because you feel like it, because you think it’s a good idea—is in very few hands.” More

Michelle Amor, Hilliard Guess, and Bianca Sams

The PEN Pod: On Systemic Racism in Hollywood with the Writers Guild of America West

InterviewJuly 15, 2020

Leaders of the Committee of Black Writers at WGA West talked to The PEN Pod about racial justice and equity in Hollywood. More

Franklin Leonard

The PEN Pod: Forecasting the Future of the Film Industry with Franklin Leonard

InterviewApril 17, 2020

“Seek out the full flower or the full bloom of cultural and artistic expression in the world right now, because we have a lot of time.” More

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“#FirstAmendment rights do not stop at the schoolhouse door,” PEN America’s Nadine Farid Johnson reminds
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