All Videos Tagged Criticism (True Skool Network) - True Skool Network 2024-06-06T11:07:50Z http://trueskool.com/video/video/listTagged?rss=yes&tag=Criticism&xn_auth=no "You Have to Speak Up": Viggo Mortensen Defends Quentin Tarantino's Criticism of Police Killings tag:trueskool.com,2015-11-05:1464587:Video:638500 2015-11-05T23:05:18.742Z Editor's Pick http://trueskool.com/profile/RentheVinylArchaeologist <a href="http://trueskool.com/video/you-have-to-speak-up-viggo-mortensen-defends-quentin-tarantino-s-"><br /> <img alt="Thumbnail" height="180" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2177915569?profile=original&amp;width=240&amp;height=180" width="240"></img><br /> </a> <br></br>Published on Nov 5, 2015<br></br> Award-winning film director Quentin Tarantino is refusing to back down from his criticism of police brutality, even as police unions have launched a campaign to boycott his films. Tarantino sparked controversy after he called fatal police shootings "murders" during the Rise Up October rally against police brutality in New… <a href="http://trueskool.com/video/you-have-to-speak-up-viggo-mortensen-defends-quentin-tarantino-s-"><br /> <img src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2177915569?profile=original&amp;width=240&amp;height=180" width="240" height="180" alt="Thumbnail" /><br /> </a><br />Published on Nov 5, 2015<br /> Award-winning film director Quentin Tarantino is refusing to back down from his criticism of police brutality, even as police unions have launched a campaign to boycott his films. Tarantino sparked controversy after he called fatal police shootings "murders" during the Rise Up October rally against police brutality in New York City on October 24. Tarantino’s comments have come under intense criticism, with several major police unions calling for a boycott of his films. "[Tarantino] clearly saw what anybody with eyes on their head could see," says Academy Award-nominated actor Viggo Mortensen. "What’s troubling is the tacit condoning of these abuses of power by certain police officers by their bosses, by people who should know better." Mortensen also looks back on his own brush with a right-wing political backlash, after he famously wore a T-shirt on the PBS show Charlie Rose that said "No more blood for oil."<br /> <br /> Democracy Now! is an independent global news hour that airs weekdays on 1,300+ TV and radio stations Monday through Friday. Watch our livestream 8-9am ET: <a href="http://democracynow.org">http://democracynow.org</a> Label Politics, Claims of Song Stealing, Criticism of Selling Out…This Ja Rule Documentary Has It All (Video) tag:trueskool.com,2015-11-04:1464587:Video:638595 2015-11-04T21:48:42.409Z Editor's Pick http://trueskool.com/profile/RentheVinylArchaeologist <a href="http://trueskool.com/video/label-politics-claims-of-song-stealing-criticism-of-selling-out-t"><br /> <img src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2177915582?profile=original&amp;width=240&amp;height=180" width="240" height="180" alt="Thumbnail" /><br /> </a><br />We talk to Ja, Irv Gotti, Lyor Cohen and more about the making of the song that turned Ja into a superstar. <a href="http://trueskool.com/video/label-politics-claims-of-song-stealing-criticism-of-selling-out-t"><br /> <img src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2177915582?profile=original&amp;width=240&amp;height=180" width="240" height="180" alt="Thumbnail" /><br /> </a><br />We talk to Ja, Irv Gotti, Lyor Cohen and more about the making of the song that turned Ja into a superstar.