
Veteran Documentarian Connie Field Exposes Democracy’s Fragility in 'Democracy Noir'
In this episode of the VIFF Podcast, programmer Alan Franey interviews American filmmaker Connie Field about her documentary feature Democracy Noir, which explores the rise of Viktor Orbán in Hungary and its global implications. The film follows three women—a journalist, a nurse, and a politician—who fight against Orbán's regime, highlighting Orbán's manipulation of democracy to maintain power, including changing the constitution to require a two-thirds parliamentary majority for amendments. Field discusses the parallels between Orbán's tactics and those of other authoritarian leaders (such…
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