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'Free but Not Free': Zimbabwe's Amateur Filmmakers Turn a Lens on Their Country (npr.org)
45 points by DoreenMichele on July 15, 2018 | hide | past | favorite | 7 comments


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A bunch of references to this phenomenon throughout US culture[0]

One of my gotos on this: "Rich man, poor man, we all gotta pay Cause freedom ain't free, especially 'round my way" [1].

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freedom_isn't_free#In_popular_...

[1] `youtube-dl -f mp4 'S77zUWqawag'`


"Young Zimbabweans are still tentative about taking advantage of that freedom of speech," Munyati says.

Honestly, I’d still wait a bit myself in their position. Maybe this government really will go in a new direction, but if not then this kind of thing could very easily come back to bite you. Having said that, I respect and admire the dozens of people who overcame decades of fear to speak up.


I too would fear a hundred flowers-inspired campaign. It’ll take a while to know their true intentions.


For those who might not know the reference:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hundred_Flowers_Campaign


Thanks - I'd never heard of this.

I guess one lesson here is to never trust a powerful man with everything to lose.


This is why anonymous speech, and institutions and social norms that support it, are an indispensable part of free speech.




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