The Panopticon Review: The Fight Against Fascism In All Of Its Guises: Acclaimed Filmmakers Raoul Peck and Alex Gibney Talk About Their New Documentary "Orwell: 2+2=5"

Thursday, October 2, 2025

The Fight Against Fascism In All Of Its Guises: Acclaimed Filmmakers Raoul Peck and Alex Gibney Talk About Their New Documentary "Orwell: 2+2=5"

"Orwell: 2+2=5": Raoul Peck & Alex Gibney on New Documentary, Authoritarianism, Trump & More

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October 2, 2025

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We speak with the acclaimed filmmakers Raoul Peck and Alex Gibney about their latest documentary, "Orwell: 2+2=5," which explores the life and career of George Orwell and why his political writing remains relevant today.

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Kofi Natambu, editor of The Panopticon Review, is a writer, poet, cultural critic, and political journalist whose poetry, essays, criticism, reviews, and journalism have appeared in many literary magazines, journals, newspapers, and anthologies. He is the author of a biography MALCOLM X: His Life & Work (Alpha Books) and two books of poetry: THE MELODY NEVER STOPS (Past Tents Press) and INTERVALS (Post Aesthetic Press). He was the founder and editor of SOLID GROUND: A NEW WORLD JOURNAL, a national quarterly magazine of the arts, culture, and politics and the editor of a literary anthology NOSTALGIA FOR THE PRESENT (Post Aesthetic Press). Natambu has read his work throughout the country and given many lectures and workshops at academic and arts institutions. He has taught American literature, literary theory and criticism, cultural history and criticism, film studies, political science, creative writing, philosophy, critical theory, and music history and criticism (Jazz, Blues, R&B, Hip Hop) at many universities and colleges. He was also a curator in the Education Department of Detroit’s Museum of African American History. Born in Detroit, Michigan, Natambu currently lives in Berkeley, California with his wife Chuleenan.

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