Keswick Film Festival

Synopsis

Pre-Release Screening

From BAFTA-winning director, Raoul Peck, Orwell 2+2=5 is the definitive feature-length documentary on visionary author George Orwell, with the exclusive cooperation of the Orwell Estate.

The film is arguably the most important documentary of the year. George Orwell's life & legacy is brought to the screen through the writer’s own words, all told through archival footage. Haunting and filled with powerful imagery, it displays the global rise of totalitarianism, yet it leaves room for a faint glimmer of hope: that we still have time to resist.

Narrated by Damian Lewis, Peck’s film lends Orwell’s prescient observations renewed urgency and finds Orwell's words sharp and unsettling. The film becomes a clarion call for an examination of the mechanics of power, propaganda and systemic violence.

"A furious and essential essay-doc, Orwell: 2+2=5 confronts today’s political nightmare with haunting clarity. Peck's dense, unsettling montage turns Orwell's warnings into a blistering call to awareness—and resistance." Dionar Hidalgo AMQC