(ANSA) - ROME, SEPTEMBER 14 - The philosopher Noam Chomsky and the director Ken Loach together: an appointment not to be missed with two of the most influential personalities of our time, for the first time together on 20 September.
They will be the guests of honor at the CinemaTroisi, which turns 1, of an evening entirely dedicated to reflecting on the most important challenges of our time.
Critics of economics, society and power, the two, 86 the English director, 93 the American essayist, at 7.30 pm, connected to the room in live streaming respectively from the United States and London, will talk about the issues for years at the center of their reflection intellectual and cinematographic.
Social justice, war, rights, work and politics, will be just some of the topics that will be addressed in an evening that, by the explicit will of the two guests, focuses on the confrontation with the public, inviting them to a collective reading of our current events.
"Noam Chomsky immediately accepted the invitation, underlining his desire to talk to young people - declares Valerio Carocci, president of Piccolo America - but we also considered the opportunity to organize the first confrontation between him and Ken Loach, former guest of" Il Cinema, unmissable. in Piazza "in 2021.
Both are for us among the main intellectuals of reference: two lucid and visionary looks that always push us to deal with the injustices of our societies".
It will be Noam Chomsky to inaugurate the evening and after a brief speech by him, the space will be entirely dedicated to a Q&A with the public.
Subsequently, director Ken Loach will connect for a public confrontation with Chomsky that is unprecedented in the abiography, already full of encounters, of the two authors.
The event will be streamed live on the "Piccolo America" Facebook page and on the website www.cinematroisi.it.
Finally, for the audience present in the room, the viewing of the film "Riff-Raff" directed by Ken Loach, a title chosen in agreement with both of them, will follow.
The event is organized in collaboration with Confronti magazine.
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