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for Everyone Who Believes in Freedom. For the press. For speech. For the people. For artists, filmmakers, and truth-tellers everywhere.
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From the Score to the Struggle: Three Stories, One Fight for Freedom
Congratulations to Wei-San Hsu our passionate composer on "Invisible Nation" and new Academy member!
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Dear Academy Membership Committee
Dear Academy Membership Committee,
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From Variety Show to Viral Momentum: What INVISIBLE NATION Means to Taiwan (and to the whole multi-country team behind the film)
We are blown away by the huge audience love and box office success of our film.
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From Taipei to LA: What I'm Bringing Home with Me
A cinematic dispatch on freedom, and finding the future in Taiwan
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From LA to Taipei – Speaking Democracy Across Borders
On Monday, as I boarded my flight to Taipei, I received a headline that left me hollow:Dream of a Better World is a reader-supported publication.
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Welcome to Dream of a Better World
I'm expanding on the foundational columns of peace (A Question of Peace) and love (Love is a Crime) I've been writing & I'm re-titling the newsletter to…
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May 2025

TAIPEI AT DAYBREAK by Brian Hioe, an interview with the author
Catch him tomorrow May 29, 12-1:30pm ET speaking on a panel with the Global Taiwan Institute in DC about Taiwan today
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How To Avoid War in the Taiwan Strait, Watch the ZERO DAY series from Taiwan, & Start Talking About it Now, as we did at the Copenhagen…
Denial, avoidance, self-censorship, rose colored glasses & delusional thinking will not protect you, but the truth might help set Taiwan and the rest of…
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LEFT-HANDED GIRL a film by Shih-Ching Tsou, long-time Sean Baker collaborator, at Cannes Critics' Week
Happy Mother's Day! Deadline shares an exclusive LEFT-HANDED GIRL clip and I share some exclusive short videos with director Shih-Ching Tsou!
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INVISIBLE NATION Film Release in Full Bloom
There has never been a better time to share this story about one of the world's most important democracies fighting authoritarian takeover! Thank you…
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April 2025

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