00:00We're living through a moment in time where people in charge, the people with the most money,
00:03are telling us to fear one another. Fear one another.
00:08But we know better than that, don't we?
00:12Because history does teach us a lesson, it teaches us something.
00:16The first people that authoritarians try to shut down are not politicians.
00:21They're journalists who ask questions. They're the artists who refuse simple answers.
00:25They're the filmmakers, writers, actors, and musicians.
00:32To insist that someone you have never met is deserving of your empathy.
00:40Stories are always dangerous to people who peddle in fear.
00:46The people who are afraid of books and music and stories, they're never the heroes in history.
00:52So yes, movies don't stop wars. They don't lower inflation. They don't fix elections.
00:58But they do do something remarkable.
01:01They remind us that a stranger is never a stranger.
01:04And that he might just be the hero in somebody else's story.
01:09And if we can still sit together in the dark and care about people that we have never met,
01:16I think maybe we'll be okay.
01:19That's why this festival matters.
01:21Yes.
01:21Yes.
01:21Thanks.
01:21I love you.
01:21Thanks.
01:21You're welcome.
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