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and for talking movies reporter emma jones, it's that much—loved romantic comedy amelie.zer sounds so, let's find out what it is about french cinema that excites so many people. welcome to france, and our talking movies celebration of french film classics. i'm tom brook. cinema in france is very much part of the country's heritage. it's rather like delicious french food — something worthwhile, something to be savoured. it can be daring, bold, audacious, thoughtful and, at times, quite sexy. for many of us, french cinema made an imprint on our minds at a very early age. the oscar—winning short film the red balloon was a real favourite of mine — one of the first french movies i ever saw. it chronicles the adventures of a young boy in paris as he's followed by a red balloon which has a personality all of its own. i thought it was magical. only when i was older did i realise it had some of the sophisticated themes often found in french cinema. it made use of allegory. it had what appeared to be a religious subtext, emotional depth and a formidable cinematic power. gunshot ano
and for talking movies reporter emma jones, it's that much—loved romantic comedy amelie.zer sounds so, let's find out what it is about french cinema that excites so many people. welcome to france, and our talking movies celebration of french film classics. i'm tom brook. cinema in france is very much part of the country's heritage. it's rather like delicious french food — something worthwhile, something to be savoured. it can be daring, bold, audacious, thoughtful and, at times, quite sexy....
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his mother, emma burtus jones, married david baldwin, a volatile baptist preacher.und a nearby escape. >> he spent a lot of time here as a kid? >> yes, he came to visit the 135th street branch library three or four times a week. >> reporter: he once said he read every book in the billing, which is now the schomburg center for research in black culture. barry brown is curator of a new exhibition dedicated to jimmy, as he was known. >> he wanted to be a novelist and playwright. it seems he knew he was destined for great things. >> reporter: at the age of 24, baldwin moved to france where he wrote his first novel, go tell it on the mountain, and his first collection of essays, "notes of a native son." >> i think there was this shadow that was sort of cast over him. >> reporter: rhea combs curated the smithsonian's natural portrait gallery exhibition. >> he was a visionary thinker and speaking truth to power in a way that was not necessarily always recognized or appreciated at the time. >> reporter: in the 1960s, baldwin marched and spoke out for civil rights in selma,
his mother, emma burtus jones, married david baldwin, a volatile baptist preacher.und a nearby escape. >> he spent a lot of time here as a kid? >> yes, he came to visit the 135th street branch library three or four times a week. >> reporter: he once said he read every book in the billing, which is now the schomburg center for research in black culture. barry brown is curator of a new exhibition dedicated to jimmy, as he was known. >> he wanted to be a novelist and...
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i want to bring in the "wall street journal" publisher and ceo of dough jones.tell you how excited we are all for evan's release, and you and emma tucker, your colleagues, you at the "wall street journal" did more to make sure that this happened than probably anyone else, except maybe the president of the united states and his team. >> we're just happy that evan is a free man right now. there are so many people, andrea, who have worked on this. obviously the newsroom of the "wall street journal," colleagues at dough jones and the news corp., not a day has gone by that there wasn't intense effort of attention to evan, making sure the spotlight is on him, but also a hot of work behind the scenes to make sure that policy makers, decision makers around the world in many countries, including the u.s. were focused on this and would get to focus on this. so we are today very very grateful for where we are, grateful to the administration, grateful to the foreign governments that have aided in this effort, in particular, the german government that has been instrumental i
i want to bring in the "wall street journal" publisher and ceo of dough jones.tell you how excited we are all for evan's release, and you and emma tucker, your colleagues, you at the "wall street journal" did more to make sure that this happened than probably anyone else, except maybe the president of the united states and his team. >> we're just happy that evan is a free man right now. there are so many people, andrea, who have worked on this. obviously the newsroom...
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that's a villain in a bridget jones movie. "i'm john micklethwait, and you're fat!h that in your little diary, bridget!" one of these brits is causing a scandal at one of america's few remaining newspapers, and that's "washington post" ceo and pet turtle watching you have sex, will lewis. lewis was hired to run wapo last year by jeff bezos but before that, he worked in british tabloids under rupert murdoch. that's quite a string of bosses. in college, he had an internship with the eyeball guy from "pan's labyrinth." lewis didn't have a sterling reputation before coming to wapo. under murdoch, he was accused of helping to cover up illegal phone hacking at british publications and when "the washington post" tried to write about his shady history, lewis pushed his newsroom chief hard not to run the story, leading "the washington post" to change its slogan from "democracy dies in darkness" to "turn off the lights. shh, this will be over soon." [laughter] of course, as some of you know, this gentleman over here, this sunday is father's day. it's a lot like mother's day i
that's a villain in a bridget jones movie. "i'm john micklethwait, and you're fat!h that in your little diary, bridget!" one of these brits is causing a scandal at one of america's few remaining newspapers, and that's "washington post" ceo and pet turtle watching you have sex, will lewis. lewis was hired to run wapo last year by jeff bezos but before that, he worked in british tabloids under rupert murdoch. that's quite a string of bosses. in college, he had an internship...