>The film is scheduled to be screened on the evening of 27 January – the same day as the International Holocaust Remembrance Day – in the traditionally liberal and left-leaning city of Bologna. “The Witness” will be shown at a cultural centre called Villa Paradiso at an event attended by Vincenzo Lorusso of the pro-Russia organisation Donbas Italy and pro-Kremlin journalist Andrea Lucidi.
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>The Facebook post announcing the screening on the cultural centre’s social media page was inundated by critical comments from users accusing the venue of hosting a hateful, pro-Russian propaganda event. Asked for an explanation from a user, the centre said they host several “diverse initiatives.”
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>Users accused the centre of deleting some of the most scathing comments, including some referring to the UN resolution condemning the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Some accused the centre of using ideas of democracy and freedom of speech to justify “the spread of terror and pro-Russian, fascist propaganda.”
Culture is none political… yeah yeah… propaganda everywhere, russia spends crazy money on that
Considering that there is a lot of propaganda in Hollywood films. Thats just hypocrisy.
Well actually according to Italian newspapers most of the events have been canceled …. Dugin will sue the hotel, and they are looking for a new location.
Man, 99% of the posts in this sub are pure trash and pushing and agenda. It is a fucking movie, end of the story.
They could make it into some mini film festival, and play some classics like Triumph of the will and The Führer gives a city to the jews (Theresienstadt)
Its pretty similar to ruZZian propaganda
Why does Italy have such cosy relationships with Russia?
We had screened american propaganda for years, we are still alive and we don’t break spaghetti.
It’s just a film.
All films are propaganda or ads. Just means people will stream it online if it were banned, literally empty posturing
Are you surprised? Italy has returned to fascism. They even have one of the top politicians in the government [Salvini] wearing Putin’s shirt, in addition to the fascist rallies that have begun to be organized in Rome and have been taking place in recent days.
For anyone wondering about the plot:
A fictional character, a violinist from Belgium, Daniel Cohen, who happens to be in Kyiv in February of 2022, witnesses the russian full-scale invasion of Ukraine. This fictional character observes events differently from what we all have seen in the news, what was proven by [satellite images](https://www.nytimes.com/2022/04/04/world/europe/bucha-ukraine-bodies.html), what was caught on [camrecords](https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/22/video/russia-ukraine-bucha-massacre-takeaways.html), and was investigated by numerous journalists. Apparently, instead of fighting russians Ukrainians decided to massacre their own people in Bucha, exactly where russians occupied them.
[The official description on IMDb](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt28252660/) ends with this: ‘Now his main goal is not just to survive, but to convey the *truth* to the whole world. *Truth* is stronger than fear.’
Edit: Yes, it’s obviously dumb propaganda, and it was hard to sell even in Russia, yet for each one like this, there are 5, 10, or maybe 100 good and more saddle propaganda lies, that will work for you or already did. This one is an exception. Russian propaganda isn’t a toy and we should not play with it even as a showcase of how bad it is.
Oh no, the horror. We’ve been bombarded with Ukranian propaganda for two years!
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And apparently Italy hotels host some freaky get togethers, one of which even features Alexander Dugin
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/jan/09/italy-urged-cancel-pro-russian-events-accused-spreading-propaganda
>The film is scheduled to be screened on the evening of 27 January – the same day as the International Holocaust Remembrance Day – in the traditionally liberal and left-leaning city of Bologna. “The Witness” will be shown at a cultural centre called Villa Paradiso at an event attended by Vincenzo Lorusso of the pro-Russia organisation Donbas Italy and pro-Kremlin journalist Andrea Lucidi.
>
>The Facebook post announcing the screening on the cultural centre’s social media page was inundated by critical comments from users accusing the venue of hosting a hateful, pro-Russian propaganda event. Asked for an explanation from a user, the centre said they host several “diverse initiatives.”
>
>Users accused the centre of deleting some of the most scathing comments, including some referring to the UN resolution condemning the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Some accused the centre of using ideas of democracy and freedom of speech to justify “the spread of terror and pro-Russian, fascist propaganda.”
Culture is none political… yeah yeah… propaganda everywhere, russia spends crazy money on that
Considering that there is a lot of propaganda in Hollywood films. Thats just hypocrisy.
Well actually according to Italian newspapers most of the events have been canceled …. Dugin will sue the hotel, and they are looking for a new location.
[https://www.gazzettadiparma.it/italia-mondo/2024/01/09/news/eventi-filo-russi-in-italia-modena-revoca-la-sala-a-lucca-un-hotel-toglie-spazio-a-dugin-ideologo-di-putin-756083/](https://www.gazzettadiparma.it/italia-mondo/2024/01/09/news/eventi-filo-russi-in-italia-modena-revoca-la-sala-a-lucca-un-hotel-toglie-spazio-a-dugin-ideologo-di-putin-756083/)
[https://corrierefiorentino.corriere.it/notizie/cronaca/24_gennaio_09/lucca-niente-dugin-all-hotel-giunigi-la-catena-best-western-annulla-l-evento-con-l-ideologo-di-putin-f619eff2-698c-4bfc-863f-f7e2685f4xlk.shtml](https://corrierefiorentino.corriere.it/notizie/cronaca/24_gennaio_09/lucca-niente-dugin-all-hotel-giunigi-la-catena-best-western-annulla-l-evento-con-l-ideologo-di-putin-f619eff2-698c-4bfc-863f-f7e2685f4xlk.shtml)
Another event organized by the fascists of casapound in a (fascist) bookshop was confirmed.
[https://www.milanotoday.it/politica/daria-dugina-spazio-ritter.html](https://www.milanotoday.it/politica/daria-dugina-spazio-ritter.html)
Man, 99% of the posts in this sub are pure trash and pushing and agenda. It is a fucking movie, end of the story.
They could make it into some mini film festival, and play some classics like Triumph of the will and The Führer gives a city to the jews (Theresienstadt)
Its pretty similar to ruZZian propaganda
Why does Italy have such cosy relationships with Russia?
We had screened american propaganda for years, we are still alive and we don’t break spaghetti.
It’s just a film.
All films are propaganda or ads. Just means people will stream it online if it were banned, literally empty posturing
Are you surprised? Italy has returned to fascism. They even have one of the top politicians in the government [Salvini] wearing Putin’s shirt, in addition to the fascist rallies that have begun to be organized in Rome and have been taking place in recent days.
For anyone wondering about the plot:
A fictional character, a violinist from Belgium, Daniel Cohen, who happens to be in Kyiv in February of 2022, witnesses the russian full-scale invasion of Ukraine. This fictional character observes events differently from what we all have seen in the news, what was proven by [satellite images](https://www.nytimes.com/2022/04/04/world/europe/bucha-ukraine-bodies.html), what was caught on [camrecords](https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/22/video/russia-ukraine-bucha-massacre-takeaways.html), and was investigated by numerous journalists. Apparently, instead of fighting russians Ukrainians decided to massacre their own people in Bucha, exactly where russians occupied them.
[The official description on IMDb](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt28252660/) ends with this: ‘Now his main goal is not just to survive, but to convey the *truth* to the whole world. *Truth* is stronger than fear.’
Edit: Yes, it’s obviously dumb propaganda, and it was hard to sell even in Russia, yet for each one like this, there are 5, 10, or maybe 100 good and more saddle propaganda lies, that will work for you or already did. This one is an exception. Russian propaganda isn’t a toy and we should not play with it even as a showcase of how bad it is.
Oh no, the horror. We’ve been bombarded with Ukranian propaganda for two years!