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Othello
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23m
Directed by Hilton Edwards • 1953 • United Kingdom
Orson Welles, playing himself, picks up a hitchhiker who recounts a strange story. Actors Micheál MacLiammóir and Hilton Edwards made this short film during a hiatus from shooting OTHELLO (1952).
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Souvenirs d’OTHELLO
This 1995 Canadian documentary features an extensive interview, in English and French, with actor Suzanne Cloutier (Desdemona) about the making of OTHELLO.
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Simon Callow on OTHELLO
In this interview, filmed in 2017, Simon Callow, actor and author of the multivolume biography “Orson Welles,” discusses the production of OTHELLO, especially Welles’s relationship with actors Micheál MacLiammóir and Hilton Edwards.
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Ayanna Thompson on OTHELLO
The question of race is central to OTHELLO. In this interview, filmed in 2017, George Washington University professor Ayanna Thompson, author of “Passing Strange: Shakespeare, Race and Contemporary America,” discusses the complicated history of white actors portraying Othello the Moor.
