{
  "id": 162080,
  "title": "‘The Blacklist was a Plague’ — Locarno Retrospective Curator Ehsan Khoshbakht Talks About What We Can Learn from the Intolerance of the Past",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/05/the-blacklist-was-a-plague-locarno-retrospective-curator-ehsan",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-08-05T06:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Variety",
    "slug": "variety",
    "url": "https://variety.com/2026/film/global/blacklist-locarno-retrospective-ehsan-khoshbakht-red-scare-1236827487/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "One of the most shameful episodes in Hollywood’s history is being examined in a new retrospective to screen at the Locarno Film Festival: Red & Black: Hollywood Left and the Blacklist. Speaking to Variety, the retrospective’s curator, Ehsan Khoshbakht, speaks about the inspiration for the program, which features the work of directors, writers and stars […]",
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  "coverage": {
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}