Kristen Stewart\u2019s decision to shoot her directorial debut,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Chronology of Water, in Latvia instead of the<\/p>\n\n\n\n
United States was more than a creative whim;<\/p>\n\n\n\n
it was a quiet act of protest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
She describes an atmosphere in which Trump\u2019s<\/p>\n\n\n\n
threatened tariffs on foreign-made films hang like a<\/p>\n\n\n\n
shadow over every independent project,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
warping budgets, schedules,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
and the basic sense of security artists rely on.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
For Stewart, the danger isn\u2019t just economic but psychological:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
a creeping fear that expression can be punished by policy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Splitting her life between Los Angeles and New York,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
she now speaks openly about a future where her work is rooted in Europe,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
her films traveling back to American audiences instead of being born on U.S. soil.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The old grudge with Trump, once about her private life,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
has hardened into something larger and more public:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
a fight over who gets to tell stories, and where they are allowed to be told.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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