In 2005, Harold Pinter videotaped a lecture that he gave on the occasion of his receiving one of the most distinguished of honours, the Nobel Prize for Literature. His speech, delivered directly to a camera, is a complex reflection on his own writing and a criticism of Britain's foreign policy that made headlines around the world. The film is in English.

Harold Pinter (London 1930-2008) was one of the most complex and challenging post-World War II playwrights. In 2005 he won the Nobel Prize for Literature. He was a political activist, who supported anti-apartheid and advocated for human and civil rights, and economic and political freedom, for the Palestinian people. Over the years he spoke out forcefully about the abuse of state power around the world, including NATO’s bombing of Serbia, and the two Gulf Wars.