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Docu-drama “Tres Mulheres” spotlights at the Trofeus Impala de Televisão awards as the best TV series of the year
Tuesday, September 10th, 2019 | Articles | Comments Off on Docu-drama “Tres Mulheres” spotlights at the Trofeus Impala de Televisão awards as the best TV series of the year
After almost a year of success in terms of viewership and critical acclaim, the icing on the cake for the widely praised 13-episode docu-drama “Tres Mulheres” comes straight from the Cinema São Jorge, in Lisbon, where Protugal’s most prestigious media award festival – the Trofeus Impala de Televisão – took place Sunday September 8 2019.
The Portuguese series, created by the production company David & Golias, wins the award for best TV series of the year, which was received by the director, Fernando Vendrell.
“Tres Mulheres” revisits Portugal’s historical framework of the early ’60s under Salazar’s dictatorial regime and narrates the war against censorship fought by Dennis Redmont in his role as foreign correspondent (interpreted by Simão Cayatte) along with three true heroines and leading cultural figures: Natalia Correia, Snu Abecassis and Vera Lagoa.
Click here to watch the whole series in Portuguese.
Education, demography, economy: Redmont highlights the deeper roots of Italy’s cultural drift and the over-estimated role of trash TV.
Friday, August 23rd, 2019 | Articles | Comments Off on Education, demography, economy: Redmont highlights the deeper roots of Italy’s cultural drift and the over-estimated role of trash TV.
Dennis Redmont is guest columnist for Portuguese leading weekly Expresso: the article analyzes the role of Italy’s trash TV and the advent of populism, which spread like wildfire within the country’s political frame in the past few years.
The blame game is not as clear and simple as it appears to be. The “wild west” private TV and transformation by Silvio Berlusconi remains a superficial explanation.
A stagnant economy, a suffering educational system and a demography making it one of the oldest countries in the world can be found at the root of the problem.
Click here to read the full article in Portuguese.
Dennis Redmont retraces the challenges against Portugal’s regime in the ’60s in an interview with Diario de Noticias
Friday, May 17th, 2019 | Articles | Comments Off on Dennis Redmont retraces the challenges against Portugal’s regime in the ’60s in an interview with Diario de Noticias
Lisboa, 02/01/2019 –
Dennis Redmont
( Pedro Rocha / Global Imagens )
Interviewed by the leading Portuguese newspaper, Diario de Noticias, Dennis Redmont runs through his extensive and eventful memory to revisit the oppressive years of Salazar’s regime in the ‘60s in Portugal.
Censorship pervaded society, as both national and foreign journalists and publishers were constantly monitored and frequently badgered by the PIDE, the International and State Political Police. The media landscape within Portuguese borders was controlled by the government, so the only way accurate news could circulate was through foreign news platforms. “Pereira Maintains”, the renowned novel written by Antonio Tabucchi, perfectly illustrates the atmosphere experienced by Redmont.
As a young correspondent of the Associated Press, Dennis Redmont reported many gloomy stories on Portugal’s national and foreign affairs, which were carried in newspapers such as Le Monde, The Times and The New York Times. The Portuguese regime did not bite the bullet.
Click here to read the article and learn more about Dennis Redmont’s times during the Portuguese regime of the ‘60s.
Tedx Rome 2019
Sunday, April 14th, 2019 | Articles | Comments Off on Tedx Rome 2019
As a member of the Advisory Board, on May 4 Dennis Redmont will attend the TEDxRoma 2019: Society 5.0, A Human Centric Future
The event will examine the possible traits of humanity’s imminent future, focusing on terms such as “innovation” and “progress” and hoping that the so-called “society 5.0” will manage to make this planet more cohesive, evolved and fair.
Meritocracy: Pro or Con?
Saturday, April 13th, 2019 | Articles | Comments Off on Meritocracy: Pro or Con?
The Council for the United States and Italy organized on April 10 a rare and high-level event in Rome at the Italian Embassy to the Holy See for its Young Leaders Alumni.
The event revolved around the topic of meritocracy and its intricate nuances.
Arranged by the Young Leaders Alumnus veteran Pietro Sebastiani (Italian Ambassador to the Holy See), the theme was moderated by Dennis Redmont and examined by specialists Roger Abravanel (Author, “Aristocrazia 2.0”), Jeffrey Hedberg (CEO, Wind Tre) and Sister Alessandra Smerilli (Full Professor, PFSE Auxilium of Rome).
Meritocracy: does the word mean the same thing on both sides of the Atlantic?
Here you can find the link to the Council’s website.
“Stories on Umbria” Journalism Award
Friday, March 29th, 2019 | Articles | Comments Off on “Stories on Umbria” Journalism Award
On Friday April 5, Dennis Redmont took part to the award ceremony of “Stories on Umbria”, an event held at the International Journalism Festival of Perugia wherein the best national and foreign stories on Umbria’s cultural heritage have been rewarded.
The contest is organized by the Chambers of Commerce of Perugia and Terni.
Redmont himself, alongside the president of the jury Bruno Gambacorta, conducted the prize-giving, which took place at the Centro Servizi Galeazzo Alessi, in Via Mazzini at 12 pm.
The prestigious winners include Carmen Del Vando, Paolo Notari, John Henderson and many others.
Click here for every detail regarding the award cerimony in Italian.
Launch Press Conference on “Beverly Pepper tra Todi e il Mondo”
Tuesday, November 27th, 2018 | Articles | Comments Off on Launch Press Conference on “Beverly Pepper tra Todi e il Mondo”
On Thursday November 29 at 11 am, the Foreign Press Association in Rome is hosting a Press Conference which will frame the schedule for the year-long celebrations of Beverly Pepper’s works of art in Todi. The Conference will include a welcome by the President of Regione Umbria Catiuscia Marini and the Mayor of Todi Antonino Ruggiano, a dialogue with art critic Marco Tonelli, and the participation of the cultural office of the U.S. Embassy to Italy.
The one-year commemorations will comprise three main events: a huge monographic exhibit, the re-edition of the famous “Todi Columns” and the inaguration of “Beverly Pepper’s sculpture park”, the first monothematic park of contemporary sculpture in Umbria and the artist’s first in the world.
INVITATION to 29-11 Press Conference DRAFT
PRESS RELEASE. 2018-2019 Beverly Pepper tra Todi e il Mondo.
Dennis Redmont’s experience coping with the media censorship in Portugal in the 60s in a new article on the Portuguese weekly Visão História
Friday, August 10th, 2018 | Articles | Comments Off on Dennis Redmont’s experience coping with the media censorship in Portugal in the 60s in a new article on the Portuguese weekly Visão História
Salazar – Lisbon AP Correspondent Dennis Redmont (right) meets Portuguese Premier Antonio Oliveira Salazar (left) on eve of Salazar’s birthday April 28, 1965. Man at center, looking this way, is Major Silva Pais, head of Portuguese political police (PIDE)
Dennis Redmont features in Visão História the Portuguese monthly, an article on Portugal in the 1960s. Portugal was no place to be for a journalist under the rule of António de Oliveira Salazar. A stifling censorship regime was in place, which targeted first and foremost journalists, both Portuguese or foreigners. It was so widespread that the only way to learn about what was occurring in the country was to read foreign newspapers. What is more, PIDE, the Portuguese Secret Political Police, not only prevented news from being printed but actively pursued foreign correspondents in an attempt to chase them out of the country or silence them.
To read the article in Portuguese click here
The Marchionne that only a few knew
Tuesday, July 31st, 2018 | Articles | Comments Off on The Marchionne that only a few knew
The Marchionne that few people knew on ItalyChronicles.com. Dennis Redmont’s unique perspective on a great businessman always ahead of the times. Marchionne managed to rescue the FIAT group, saving it from the brink of bankruptcy, merging it with the Detroit-based Chrysler group and making it into a world-class automotive manufacturer, FCA.
Unorthodox in his dressing attires, he was a staunch believer of industry 4.0 and was ready to pursue his goals, even when this meant going against the powerful Confindustria, the Italian business “union”, or the Italian Trade Unions.
Dennis Redmont on the French newspaper La Croix
Thursday, November 16th, 2017 | Articles | Comments Off on Dennis Redmont on the French newspaper La Croix
Dennis Redmont interviewed by Nicolas Senèze, correpondent in Rome of the French newspaper La Croix: https://www.la-croix.com/Religion/Catholicisme/Pape/Vers-meilleure-collaboration-hopitaux-catholiques-monde-2017-11-15-1200892237.
Redmont spoke before the XXXII International Conference “Addressing Global Health Inequalities”, organized at Vatican from 16 to 18 November.
Anthony Tersigni, Ceo of Ascension and President of CIISAC, is one of the speakers of the meeting and is committed to building a fairer and more productive insurance and healthcare system.