Free-speech Activists To Drop DVD Copies Of The Interview Into North Korea
A coalition of human-rights activists is to airdrop DVD copies of the Kim Jong-un baiting comedy The Interview over North Korea.
The Cinema For Peace Foundation, which is leading the project, said it would use hydrogen balloons to transport the controversial film to the country, in a symbolic gesture aimed at encouraging free speech. North Korea has attacked The Interview for scenes of violence against Kim Jong-un, and the FBI said in December that it believed hackers linked to the regime were responsible for a recent cyber attack on studio Sony that saw entire movies, sensitive private emails and salary details of Hollywood luminaries released publicly onto the web.
“We will start sending hydrogen balloons with DVDs of The Interview to North Korea, so that the people there can watch the movie.
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