This is an edited version of a lecture delivered by Fatima Bhutto as part of Power Of Film And Moving Image, an annual cultural event and digital platform to expose and explore the ever-growing power of film and moving image to define and influence the modern world: www.poweroffilmandmovingimage.com/
I have to warn you that the collected works of Rambo are not usually part of my speaking repertoire, but they will be for the next 15 minutes. Cinema is all the things that we’ve heard throughout the morning. It is incredibly powerful as a catalyst for change. It’s at the cutting edge of technology and creativity. It’s inspiring. It’s all those things.
But the one thing cinema isn’t, is innocent.
