A film about the vital
importance of speaking truth to power needn't be so concerned with dressing up its own frightful truths, but Nobody Speak still compels as an opening statement on journalism's dubious future.
Communication expert Marshall Rosenberg was acutely aware of
the importance of speaking our truth while also maintaining safety in our relationships.
Not exact matches
«The Post» is a smart, fleet - footed message movie about the
importance of journalism and
speaking truth to power.
He
spoke of the
importance of «faith - based schools» for civil society and underscored that the purpose
of interreligious dialogue is not only to enhance mutual understanding but «to discover the
truth.»
I have
spoken of the distinctive
importance of truth as an element in the value
of an occasion.
The reply given by the Johannine Jesus appears at first to confirm this by saying, «If a man has faith in me, even though he die, he shall come to life», but then proceeds to add quite a new interpretation
of the resurrection power
of Christ in the words, «and no one who is alive and has faith shall ever die».13 C. H. Dodd concludes that «the «resurrection»
of which Jesus has
spoken is something which may take place before bodily death, and has for its result the possession
of eternal life here and now... The evangelist agrees with popular Christianity that the believer will enter into eternal life at the general resurrection, but for him this is a
truth of less
importance than the fact that the believer already enjoys eternal life and the former is a consequence
of the latter.»
Here, children learn to solve problems and
speak their own
truth, and they learn the
importance of social responsibility, peace, respect and compassion.
The film contains strong messages about the ability
of art to
speak truth to power, the
importance of standing up to oppression and the subversive nature
of laughter.
Sure, the script gives us a speech from Post editor Ben Bradlee — played here by a rather trim Tom Hanks — about the
importance of publishing, and
speaking truth to power, as safeguards
of democracy.
I see the
importance of this simple
truth whenever I
speak at length with a student.
Darlene Auger,
Truth and Reconciliation Commission Regional Liaison for Alberta, explained the
importance of speaking about and sharing the Indian Residential Schools experience in the following way: