Festival in russia the part off best the Program Includes 167. 00 russian language films the festivals director says the party is a perfect fit especially in russias current political reality show. Our stock exists in order to implant freedom by force so to speak they want to give the audience the right to laugh at the king. Will still suckle vietnam is a good example of that. And a rare one which. Most moved to keep right in new york. In russia there are more and more restrictions on artistic freedom russian lawmakers are emphasizing conservative values laws like the one against extremism are being broadly applied to censor any art that doesnt fit the government mold. The art doc says just feeling the pressure to 2 years ago the organizers moved the festivals competition to riga in latvia many of the films cover political topics like the war in syria and in ukraine 15 films that screened in latvia are not being shown in russia this year but the festivals director is determined to keep our talk fest alive from moscow audiences to. Or. With him go i want to show every audience member here that real life exists and if there are doubts about what is happening in the country just their crazy imagination at the i want those big. People to meet and sit next to each other to be shoulder to shoulder to physically feel each others presence and them so they can feel they are not alone i mean you didnt work you. Want them to make it created an hour long version of their show especially for the festival its one of the ways the our dr asked and its the us are standing up to mainstream political culture in russia so i knew. This film and its way of presenting the material cathartic if you let you let off steam built up anger or dissatisfaction with what is happening. In the. Soup everything we see is true what can i say its really sad and i think with. Other films the arts talk fest and its viewers are determined to fight for artistic and Political Freedoms one film at a time was. The book crazy rich asians was a huge hit for all for kevin kwan the film also a Box Office Success despite a lot of skepticism from hollywood that a film only with asians in the lead roles would not do well the story is by an Asian American who falls in love with a super rich chinese man whose family then rejects because shes pole we met the books author and los angeles. We meet u. S. Officer kevin kwan in Beverly Hills at a super exclusive asian restaurant the chef greets him personally at the door one of self comes from a wealthy singapore family but in his books he doesnt use the term super rich but china rich. China rich is a whole new level of crazy rich i mean these are people with fleets of private jets not just watch the top 1020 family its really they own all the banks they own all the different factories and companies these are the people behind the scenes who are influencing policy last year bestseller crazy rich asians was turned to a blockbuster film despite initial objections from hollywood one of the very 1st ones was a very important producer that suggested that we turn the heroine rachel true into a white girl for the movie and i told them. You absolutely miss the point and no thank you because now you know we were able to make this movie which was the 1st 1st full all asian cost movie and 25 youre. Crazy rich asians was the most successful man to comedy in the last decade earning 240000000. 00 worldwide and turning kevin kwan into a celebrity who gets stopped by fans on the streets of l. A. Area they dont really enjoy it is the rightful place a family at home called one a banana. Its your yellow on the outside but youre white on the inside why doesnt sort of americanised all westernized. With his novel and its 2 sequels crazy rich girlfriend and crazy rich problems one has introduced Asian American culture to a broad audience in north america and beyond. And film scott writes for the joins as now. Now kevin. Mentioned hollywood wanted a white actress in the lead role he resisted as you said in the film was made with all asian actors so has this i mean it was phenomenal success wasnt it has it has it changed things in hollywood you think i really think it has i mean this was yeah but almost its s 240000000 worldwide and i think its really opened the doors for american talent i mean of course the Asian American community is huge and its been around for a long long time its been part of america for a long long time but its been sort of written out of American Culture into a very very recently but now youre seeing asian talent Asian American actors writers comedians getting getting their chance i think a great example is a film that just got nominated for a couple of Golden Globes of the farewell which stars up with you know who had a small role in crazy rich asians and that film is about American Families who find out their chinese grandmother is dying so intel sort of telling her they. Plan a wedding a fake wedding to get everybody to get together so they can say goodbye to their grandmother one last time is a very sort of tragicomic tale im really really great film and its an incredibly well in the United States despite being almost entirely in chinese you can see things really change its in chinese almost entirely in chinese a bit of english but almost all of that was. Impressive not why is this new on screen diversity saw a poll. What i think 2 things one is it reflects reality i mean the Asian American beauty is a very Big Community it deserves to be seen on screen but i think also whats interesting about it is that it expands the idea of what stories we think are important to tell what we think is funny or sexy or interesting another great example for me is the Asian American comedian alley wong big star in the states and shes just recently made a film for netflix which is another romantic comedy i got to. Seen that set up for us here shes in the film shes single shes having dinner with a couple of her friends who dont really believe she has a new boyfriend says oh no no hes come hes coming right now and as he walks in areas lets take a look there. Its you know very tough im funny about this and also ritualistic is just the idea of having an Asian American as the romantic lead in american movie thats something we wouldve seen even just a couple of years ago but you see things really have changed the idea of who sexy whos funny whos interesting. Change is great to see that so if this is no flash in the past no no i dont think so at all i mean american comedians dont recognize they sort of stepped up and theres an old saying that the only color that really matters in hollywood is green as long as people are making money these things will happen so i think the Asian American community the Town Committee is definitely here to stay strong as always a mine of information thank you very much for. Coming to the end of rembrandt year celebration 350 years since the passing of one of the greatest visual artists who ever lived like most of his contemporaries in the art world of the 17th century netherlands we have a he had a wide range of styles lets find out more about this great genius of the baroque. Remember unfun right as a National Hero and then theres the lance. Using just a few color pigments he made his canvases shine like almost nobody before him. Now 350 years after his death his fame lives on. His most famous painting the night watch hangs in amsterdam strikes museum and is now undergoing restoration. At 25 he left his hometown leyden and moved to amsterdam at the time a floor shing center of trade citizens used their newfound wealth to commission portraits of themselves and rembrandt was in huge demand he lived in this house for nearly 20 years today around 280000. 00 visitors pass through the museum each year. So this is rembrandt studio this is actually the place where many of his masterpieces were in may and here we see a lovely corner where we can see how he worked with light and here he has a cloth hanging in this cloth softens the light so it filters sunlight coming in rembrandts genius extended to printmaking as well he generally made his ad showing some self using the method demonstrated to visitors of the rambler and House Museum Good money could be made from print series in those days even so at the end of his life rembrandt was destitute you lived in a grand style and he also did not always pay his debts so part in part this collection was a part of his bankruptcy and had to be sold during his lifetime his house and possessions were also sold off you moved to a poor neighborhood and continued painting rembrandt. Left for art as shown by the masterpieces and amsterdams Rights Museum that fascinate generations of visitors to this day. Finally after a long battle with cancer the pop world has lost the beautiful voice of Marie Frederick son singer with swedish rock set ill leave you with the song that is a great example of how fabulous force it must have been love. Save the planet not my job. Reporter david dawn shen says its strange we have to do something. The Climate Crisis is threatening our very existence. Many germans would agree but are they prepared to change their habits. Humanity. Place. India. Limit point 3000000000 people to make all made Electricity Supply place where does it come from algae coconscious is the Energy Supply in the country. Club india and its bright prospects for a new book and a. Pledge to d. W. Do you know that 77 percent of plastic are younger than 65. Cuts me and me and you. And you know what its time all voices. On the 77 percent speech on the body. This is where. The 77 percent this weekend on d w. This is t w news coming to you live from berlin closer to impeachment after months of investigations the democrats in the unite us announce the charges against President Donald Trump they cusip abuse of power and obstructing congress he calls it a witch option also coming up more tremors at the volcano in new zealand the activity is hampering efforts to retrieve bodies of those killed on monday and fueling fears that another eruption could be imminent. Taking a controversial stand former