E19: Censorship and Artistic Expression | Everyday Forum Podcast
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Educational, History, LGBT
In this conversation moderated by actor Khadijah Roberts-Abdullah with Assistant Professor of University of Toronto and Director of the Southeast Asian Seminar Series at the Asian Institute, Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy, Elizabeth Wijaya, Co-Executive Director of Artistic Freedom Initiative, Ashley Tucker, and playwright Achiro Olwoch, the history and modern-day realities of censorship are examined, along with the reasons art is censored and the ways artists resist being silenced.
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