LIV:DOX presents “Orwell: 2+2=5” (2026, dir. Raoul Peck).

“Orwell: 2 + 2 = 5” is a dense, urgent, and unapologetically blunt documentary that offers a chillingly relevant examination of totalitarianism’s enduring appeal and the societal conditions that enable it.

Director Raoul Peck (I Am Not Your Negro) charts the startling continued relevance of visionary author George Orwell’s political observations.

Orwell’s iconic novels “1984″ and “Animal Farm” foretold a chilling, all-too-believable authoritarian future. In “Orwell: 2+2=5”, working in collaboration with the Orwell Estate, Peck seamlessly interweaves historical clips, readings from Orwell’s diary, cinematic references, and dynamic modern day footage, to craft not only a definitive portrait of the writer himself, but an entirely fresh take on how remarkably prophetic his work has become.
Peck doesn’t just present the information – but shows new ways of seeing it, drawing patterns and connections we might not otherwise realise. Peck champions Orwell (here given voice by Homeland’s Damian Lewis) as a man from the past who just might hold the key to the world’s future.

Screening presented by LIV:DOX (Liverpool Documentary Club), a project fueled by Imagine Futures CIC.

Part of Unity’s Heritage Lottery Funded project.