00:00In the heart of Paris, this wall has become a powerful canvas.
00:10This is the idea of NGOs, Europeans Without Borders,
00:14Cartooning for Peace, and Reporters Without Borders.
00:18Their goal, to combine street art and newspaper cartoons to send a message.
00:24Freedom of press matters more than ever.
00:26Together with a dozen young volunteers, many from underserved communities,
00:32the group turned a public wall in central Paris into a powerful symbol of resistance.
00:38It's important that we celebrate this freedom, because it is censored in some countries.
00:43There are no right to be able to be able to edit or put in the press their ideologies.
00:50And this press is here to show to the world, in full of Paris,
00:55that the press is not only articles, it's also art, it's art.
01:00And through art, we can express a lot of ideologies, of subjects.
01:05The idea is also to attract attention and spark real conversations.
01:09It's great to see this.
01:11And it's very in keeping with Paris.
01:14And what Paris represents.
01:15And in America right now, we could use some freedom of the press.
01:21Wimbar Verdecien knows what censorship looks like as a Cuban cartoonist living in exile in France.
01:28But the cartoon of a newspaper shattering a wall is more than just a metaphor.
01:43It's a reminder of what accurate reporting can achieve.
01:46The original artist, Gufo, was called in from Mexico to see his cartoon come to life in Paris
02:05and witness a moment of hope where art crossed borders and sparked real conversations.
02:11The original artist, Gufo, was called in Mexico to see his cartoon come to life in France.
