1.0John Pilgerhttps://johnpilger.comJohn Pilgerhttps://johnpilger.com/profile/johnpilger/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="M5LNjQe00f"><a href="https://johnpilger.com/2018/11/28/the-power-of-the-documentary-festival-opens-in-sydney-with-john-pilger-s-call-to-break-the-silence/">JOHN PILGER’S CALL TO ‘BREAK THE SILENCE’ AT THE POWER OF THE DOCUMENTARY FESTIVAL IN SYDNEY</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://johnpilger.com/2018/11/28/the-power-of-the-documentary-festival-opens-in-sydney-with-john-pilger-s-call-to-break-the-silence/embed/#?secret=M5LNjQe00f" width="600" height="338" title="“JOHN PILGER’S CALL TO ‘BREAK THE SILENCE’ AT THE POWER OF THE DOCUMENTARY FESTIVAL IN SYDNEY” — John Pilger" data-secret="M5LNjQe00f" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); </script> In a keynote speech at the 'The Power of the Documentary' festival he curated, John Pilger described the 'noise' of the media, its integration into national security aims of western states and its silencing effect across journalism, film-making, the arts. Over ten days, 26 documentaries, many of them rare and prescient, such as 'Hearts and Minds' and 'The War Game', 'The Quiet Mutiny' and 'Stealing a Nation', were screened to audiences at the Museum of Contemporary Art and Riverside Theatres.READ THE KEYNOTE SPEECH