well coming up we'll see what other artists are saying about wednesday's riot in washington and later on the show. rebuilding beirut after last year's devastating blast the man responsible for preserving lebanon's photographic memory talks about his hopes for the future. welcome to arts and culture american artists and entertainers have slammed donald trump and his followers after radical supporters of the president broke into the u.s. congress on wednesday singer john legend's tweeted anyone who voted for this tragic narcissistic mess of a president bears responsibility for this debacle he has shown you exactly who he was all along you still supported him you are complicit in the attempted destruction of the country and the singer pink also spoke out i am ashamed of what is happening in washington this is a sad day for america novelist stephen king also joined in saying the only thing

that might stop this is for donald trump to concede the election. just a few of the reactions coming in there and my colleague michael kruger has also been following the responses on social media what are you seeing micah 1st of all we could really tweets on and on for hours and also the hollywood celebrity celebrities react with shock and anger also some of those who had sympathies for donald trump in the past they all raise their voice now and as far as i witnessed what's going on on social media right now is that they all. have to do with one question so how could that happen and and we all how could they come and get in so easily and i wish i would have said we all have off course and we all have those pictures in minds of the summer with a like

a live met at met his movement and so the rep a 50 cent he tweeted this maybe we can have a look for the record this was the u.s. capitol during the protests and we have also khalidi be the red perp the irony is pretty funny when people just wild animals and the some of my. justice and now. and the model chloe kadesh and post the p. to me of white privilege how disturbing sick to my stomach but there are also some crites optimistic people but one of the one of those is political filmmaker michael moore who stayed up all night and expressed some optimism let's hear what he had to say and that's really at the core of their anger they know what the country's become it's more diverse state this country because it's no wonder the white man's country the white man doesn't rule anymore it's the

sure power and soon it will have to give up the power because white men will no longer hold their majority in hold their power in this frightens them a last cry of white supremacy according to michael moore michael we're also hearing a lot of entertainers calling for social media reforms what can you tell us about that just quickly session baron cohen for example as in the role of baraat and he was also very critical about social media and he posted this facebook and twitter getting trump a little time out is not enough to investigate an act of domestic terrorism against america facebook and twitter have banned other extremists permanently they must then trump prominently now but to be honest i don't know if this is the solution solution big because they are already so many other alternative platforms right like like parlor where all the yes the far right have gone michael krueger thanks

very much. and i'm joined by my next guest now american political filmmaker and former white house videographer to president obama around choudary around thanks for coming on arts and culture you have built a career on the emotional and political impact of images so what was going through your mind when you saw these pictures of men and women storming the u.s. capitol yeah really striking images and i think my immediate reaction is probably similar to what a lot of people in which i thought these images really really meet the moment and that when they you know redo textbooks to actually include the trump era these will for sure be those breakout sections where they have. you can just see exactly how it leans into all this stress all this strife and even the way that you know the different sides of this polarized country interpret it. so these are these are

according to the images that we're going to see in history textbooks when school kids learn about the trump era what is it about these images that is so shocking why why are we so shocked is a is it the hurt hero is i'm almost of these people in their minds. yes yes you put your finger on exactly with the word heroism because this is a capsule ation of what shrum ism is i think some people give it more credit for having you know a kind of political project to even think michael moore sort of over analyzing what people are feeling or in these photos as they're doing this it is a simple prospect trump is that is proven every expert group every piece of the elite prove them all wrong and the evidence of these pictures when you see these folks who stormed the capitol doing something that's impossible to them resonates exactly with their hero donald trump who you know no one wanted to be president not

even the republican party and kind of you know not only on the way to sort of seize the moment these folks also just seize the moment and i think if you don't think that these pictures you know we're seeing widespread condemnation from both sides of the aisle but i think if you don't see these pictures it's feeling heroic some significant portion of the american people you don't get it in fact i'll give you an example in that in that you know people are laughing oh the fellow you know behind the speaker's gavel who's wearing the viking hat or whatever these costumes american conservatism american far right pressure has always been dressed up in costume the klu klux klan were ridiculous outfits they didn't think they looked cool they thought are we serious are we not serious is this a good time this is a party is this a movement you can't really tell and i think these pictures are the modern embodiment of those k.k.k. pictures in which you see people who seem sort of even in a laughable costume. proving them wrong where it's proving that the impossible is

possible a run talking about the power of images just briefly what kind of new images do you think it will take to restore a sense in the world that the oldest democracy is a stable democracy. you know i don't think this is an image for image thing you know i think a lot of people took comfort in the fact that and i think this is helpful and it's making that they senate went back into session they did their work they did it orderly they didn't seem hurried it was 3 in the morning but you know you know what there was a problem here before we cleaned up we moved on with government but i actually think that this these images need to be met with action and we need to. by the administration not just condemn these folks not just seek to prosecute people who have perpetrated real terrorism on america but also make sure that the people of

this country know that there is something in it for them know that there's something in it for them right in terms of a social democracy in iran getting something because otherwise there will be a long journey for the protesters every time around thank you so very much for coming on arts and culture we're going to have to leave it there a pleasure as always. and one more story before we go that deadly explosion that rocked beirut back in august left many people in the lebanese capital feeling a sense of resignation that their country's situation and its corrupt politics might never improve well lebanese photographer and filmmaker said his country's people will manage to rebuild. is the co founder of the arab image foundation a group that saves and preserves photographs from across the arab world. beirut . after the devastating bomb blast the city is traumatized more than

$200.00 die and hundreds of thousands lost. somewhere may never heal. after the 1st. so you go through phases like mourning. clothes. gradually. tare collects photos documenting lebanon's past together with the arab image foundation he's working to secure and preserve photos depicting life in the arab world these pictures from the photos judea that joran the lebanese civil war they tell the story of his country.

in many of his films he returns to story using pictures and sound files he thinks the past into the president's into the collective memory prompting a confrontation with history. this is how you read what's happening around you and automatically interpret it in a poetic sense and therefore what you go through becomes a work. the more recent history of lebanon is another dog chant the country is facing bankruptcy the current virus pandemic has brought the health system to the furch of collapse the crisis was already all around when almost $3000.00 tons of ammonium nitrate blew up in the ports of beirut. back a year after the october revolution mass protests against the government the

numbers demonstrating for political read your. protest now a gesture of defiance with little hope of fulfilment prime minister saad hariri who was forced to resign in the wake of those protests is now back on the political stage and putting together a new government. for many of. the same political power for 2030 or 40 years for the long term something structure that needs to take place and for the country to stand up. on the its. the people of lebanon's ability to prevail in difficult circumstances is legendary but many have had enough they want those responsible call to accounts now are hyper inflation is hitting the middle classes and the poor hard many have given up hope and are leaving if they can akram satire he says he's staying. who founded the average

foundation it was writing the history of photography in this part of the world how can you do this from abroad the vision of a mediterranean country that unites diverse communities and cultures drives crimes are terry to carry on. that's it for this edition of. arts and culture scenic stuff . the fun.

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