Redgrave has been an outspoken critic of the " war on terrorism " . During a June 2005 interview on '' Larry King Live '' , Redgrave was challenged on this criticism and on her political views . In response she questioned whether there can be true democracy if the political leadership of the United States and Britain does not " uphold the values for which my father 's generation fought the Nazis , and millions of people gave their lives against the Soviet Union 's regime . Such sacrifice was made because of democracy and what democracy meant : no torture , no camps , no detention forever or without trial .... Such techniques are not just alleged against the governments of the U.S. and Britain , they have actually been written about by the FBI . I do n't think it 's being ' far left ' ... to uphold the rule of law . " In March 2006 , Redgrave remarked in an interview with US broadcast journalist Amy Goodman : " I do n't know of a single government that actually abides by international human rights law , not one , including my own . In fact , they violate these laws in the most despicable and obscene way , I would say . " Goodman 's interview with Redgrave took place in the actress 's West London home on the evening of 7 March , and covered a range of subjects , particularly the cancellation by the New York Theatre Workshop of the Alan Rickman production '' My Name is Rachel Corrie '' . Such a development , said Redgrave , was an " act of catastrophic cowardice " as " the essence of life and the essence of theatre is to communicate about lives , either lives that have ended or lives that are still alive , and about beliefs , and what is in those beliefs . " In June 2006 , she was awarded a lifetime achievement award from the Transilvania International Film Festival , one of whose sponsors is a mining company named Gabriel Resources . She dedicated the award to a community organisation from Roşia Montană , Romania , which is campaigning against a gold mine that Gabriel Resources is seeking to build near the village . Gabriel Resources placed an " open letter " in '' The Guardian '' on 23 June 2006 , attacking Redgrave , arguing the case for the mine , and exhibiting support for it among the inhabitants : the open letter is signed by 77 villagers
Transilvania International Film Festival
Transilvania International Film Festival
Vanessa Redgrave