<b>PERFECT PAIRS: Book tickets for both <i>Orwell: 2+2=5</i> and <a href="https://www.filmhouse.org.uk/movie/nineteen-eighty-four-1984"><i>Nineteen Eighty-Four (1984)</i></a> to receive a discount! Tickets can also be bought separately.</b>
One of the most groundbreaking authors of the 20th century, George Orwell's novels <i>1984</i> and <i>Animal Farm</i> prophesied a horrifically chilling, all-too-believable authoritarian future. Raoul Peck (celebrated director of Academy Award-nominated <i>I Am Not Your Negro</i>), working in collaboration with the Orwell Estate, seamlessly dovetails historical clips, readings from Orwell's diary, cinematic references, and dynamic modern day footage to forge not only a definitive portrait of the writer himself, but an entirely fresh perspective on how remarkably relevant and prophetic his work has become. Peck doesn't just present the information but shows new ways of seeing it, drawing patterns and connections we might not otherwise realize, championing Orwell as a man from the past who just might hold the key to the world's future.
<i>Orwell: 2+2=5</i> was nominated for seven awards at the Critics' Choice Documentary Awards, winning Best Score and Best Narration. At its world premiere at the 2025 Cannes Film Festival, Peck's film was also nominated for the L'Œil d'or for best documentary presented at the festival.DocumentaryPT1H59M152026-03-27