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A propaganda film constantly aired during a military regime in Indonesia : “Film, Teror Negara dan Luka Bangsa” by Historia magazine is available at https://bit.ly/3LgeYjE

History recorded mass killings in Indonesia in 1965. One particular anti-communist film haunted Indonesians for years afterward.

Film as propaganda

One propaganda film has haunted Indonesia

History recorded mass killings in Indonesia in 1965. One particular anti-communist film haunted Indonesians for years afterward.

Shah Rukh Khan : IMDB CC BY-SA 4.0

Pathaan successfully propagates a masculine state, but also pitches for a country in need of healing.

Film as propaganda

In Pathaan, Shah Rukh shakes up the trolls

Pathaan successfully propagates a masculine state, but also pitches for a country in need of healing.

Vladimir Putin has left his mark on Russian culture over the past 10 years. : Victoria_Watercolor/Pixabay Pixabay Licence

Two films about tanks highlight how Vladimir Putin and his cronies rule Russian culture with an iron fist.

Film as propaganda

Tanks for the memories: How Putin has changed Russian film

Two films about tanks highlight how Vladimir Putin and his cronies rule Russian culture with an iron fist.

Islamic-themed movies keep making box office in Indonesia : “Closing ceremony” by Ikhlasul Amal is available at https://bit.ly/3kQ6sgr CC BY 2.0

Islamic films have found a devoted market in Indonesia. Commercial success will prolong the trend.

Film as propaganda

Islam and box-office a match made in heaven

Calcutta’s essence was distilled by the films of Mrinal Sen and others. Realism became a hallmark of these films. : Frank Bond CCBY4.0

Mrinal Sen’s films on Kolkata are a nuanced reading of middle-class hopes and aspirations in post-colonial India.

Cities after colonialism

A city’s hope, despair and anger on big screen

An architecturally designed prison with light, views and nature seems fanciful. But it could be what’s needed to deliver good neighbours, friends, colleagues and parents back into the community. : PHILIPVILE All rights reserved

Maggie’s are health centres designed to be beautiful and healing. Prisons could learn something from their design principles.

Building mental health

Rethinking prisons for the people they house

Journalists are facing growing levels of surveillance designed to discredit both them and their sources. : Michael Joiner, 360info

Journalists the world over face increasing digital surveillance used to hamper press freedom, promote misinformation or discredit their work.

10 perspectives

Press freedom under digital siege

Several Indian journalists were reportedly targeted in the Pegasus spyware scandal. : Pete Souza, via Wikimedia Commons

The Pegasus spyware scandal triggered more questions than answers about how long the Indian government has been weaponising social media data.

Press freedom under digital siege

India’s overt and covert chilling of press freedom