Tag: Censorship

• Desperate for a Film: The Kidnapping of Shin Sang-ok and Choi Eun-hee 

  

  Bella Theodorou explores the daring escape of producer Shin Sang-ok and actress Choi Eun-hee from North Korea.

  Retrospect Journal

  12/11/2023

  Retroshorts

  Actor, Censorship, Choi Eun-hee, Movie, North Korea, Producer, Shin Sang-ok

• Is Big Brother Still Watching? How Orwell’s 1984 Predicted the Future 

  

  George Orwell’s dystopian novel, “1984”, serves as a cautionary tale of the dangers of suppression and mass surveillance. Dalma Roman discusses how these themes have become intwined in our lives today.

  Retrospect Journal

  26/03/2023

  Features

  1984, Censorship, George Orwell, History, Surveillance, Twentieth Century

• The Power of Books- A History of Censorship, Banning and Burning

  

  Written by Sophie Whitehead. Book censorship is a well-known practice often associated with overbearing political regimes. But the history of book censorship is extensive, and the politics behind censorship have remained the same for hundreds of years.

  Retrospect Journal

  04/04/2021

  Features

  Censorship, Counter-Culture, cultural history, Religious History