It’s not often that the National Library of Wales is the venue for a Wales film premiere, but that’s what will happen on Thursday 29 March as we screen The Four Horsemen.
OK – so it’s not your latest Hollywood blockbuster, but it’s certainly a potential myth buster! The Four Horsemen is a documentary film about the current financial, political and environmental situation (some would say crisi) the West finds itself in. It’s produced by the Renegade Economist people and includes interviews and footage with 23 leading political thinkers and financial advisors.
Among the well known names are the philosopher Noam Chomsky and the economist and former World Bank Chief Economist, Joseph Stiglitz. The popular stock-broker cum financial commentator, Max Keiser, also pitches in – many will know him from his cult programme on the Russia Today news channel. The Financial Times’s Assistant Editor, Gillian Tett also gives her views as does Michael Hudson who’s advised governments across the globe on the need to shift taxation from labour and on to land value. The political spectrum is wide and includes Phillip Blonde of the Res Publica think tank and proponent of ‘Red Toryism’.
The screening will be followed by a Q&A session by the film’s producer, Ross Ashcroft.
As the home to the Welsh Political Archive and also the National Screen and Sound Archive of Wales, the screening of the Four Horsemen will bring together two important parts of the Library’s work. It will also be a development on one of our most popular recent events, a talk by the BBC’s Business Editor, Robert Peston.
Who said ideas were dead?
Siôn Jobbins
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