Learn about how the CIA paid for the film version, the links to the Russian Revolution, and how the author (literally) lost his voice. This is a dive into a literary classic, Animal Farm by George Orwell.
\nLinks:
\n(WATCH): the full 1954 version on YouTube: \nhttp://bit.ly/animalfarm1954
\n(WATCH): the full 1999 version on YouTube:\nhttp://bit.ly/animalfarm1999film
\n(READ) the missing preface about censorship:\nhttp://bit.ly/afpreface
\n(WATCH) China\u2019s ban on Animal Farm in 2018:\nhttp://bit.ly/afchinaban
\n(READ) about the early Polish influence, Bunt:\nhttp://bit.ly/animalfarmbunt
\n(READ) the one-to-one parallels to Soviet history:\nhttp://bit.ly/sovietparallelsanimal
\n(READ) Orwell\u2019s book, \u201cDown and Out in Paris and London\u201d:\nhttp://bit.ly/downoutpdf
\n(READ) the CIA\u2019s balloon drop of Animal Farm into the Soviet Union:\nhttp://bit.ly/ciaballonsanimalfarm
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