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Exhibit in Lisbon discloses real death toll caused by floods in Portugal during Salazar’s regime
Tuesday, December 3rd, 2019 | Articles | Comments Off on Exhibit in Lisbon discloses real death toll caused by floods in Portugal during Salazar’s regime
Floods always trigger the blame game as today in Italy.
Under Portugal’s dictatorship in 1967, censors “froze” the number of victims at 200. Witnesses like Dennis Redmont reported that the real figure was twice as high as it is discovered 50 years later in a tell-all exhibit, held on Saturday the 30th of November 2019 at Vila Franca de Xira, in Portugal.
Apart from a big photo exhibit (some from Life magazine), there have been lots of testimonials with videos and a play.
Click here to read the article on the exhibit published by the Vila Franca town hall.
Click here to read the article on the exhibit published by the Mais Ribatejo newspaper.
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.
RTP1 is now airing “Tres Mulheres”, the TV series on censorship under Salazar’s dictatorship fought by Redmont.
Tuesday, December 18th, 2018 | Radio & TV | Comments Off on RTP1 is now airing “Tres Mulheres”, the TV series on censorship under Salazar’s dictatorship fought by Redmont.
The critically acclaimed 13 episode docu-drama, “Tres Mulheres”, narrating Redmont’s experience as a foreing correspondent for the Associated Press, is currently on air on channel RTP1 of Portugal’s public broadcaster RTP. Watch every episode here: http://www.rtp.pt/programa/episodios/tv/p36340
In Portugal, Redmont clashed with the censorship of the dictatorial regime of Antonio Salazar and fought censors along with three women, leading cultural figures. To follow production and updates on the movie go to http://www.imdb.com/title/
Redmont and the actor playing his role, Simão Cayatte, have met in the early production stages to focus on Portugal’s socio-political context in the ’70s and further discuss Redmont’s role in that peculiar historical framework.