[Reader-list] Censor Board bans documentary

[Shivam Vij]

Cool, but we need much more. Litigation, protest, activism - why are
we all taking this lying down? Is this the 21st century?
Shivam

On Sun, 08 Aug 2004 14:27:30 +0530, Jeebesh Bagchi <jeebesh at sarai.net> wrote:
> From: <actindia at vsnl.com>
> 
> As you know, the Censor Board of India recently banned Rakesh Sharma's
> internationally-acclaimed documentary - Final Solution. An online
> petition has been created by Anand Patwardhan to protest against the
> ban. The petition asks Central Government to intervene and revoke the
> ban immediately. As you may already know, under clause 6 and 9 of the
> Cinematograph Act, the Central Government is empowered to overturn any
> decision/ recommendation by the Censor Board.
> 
> People who have already signed the petition include Shabana Azmi,
> Nandita Das, Vijay Tendulkar, Shyam Benegal, Javed Akhtar, Aparna Sen,
> Karan Johar, Ashutosh Gowarikar, Farhan Akhtar, Rahul Bose, Vishal
> Bhardwaj, Arundhati Nag, Sanjana Kapoor, MS Sathyu, Lekh Tandon,
> Yogendra Yadav and Teesta Setalvad among others.
> 
> Please extend your support by signing the petition online by clicking
> the following link:
> http://www.PetitionOnline.com/FilmBan/petition.html
> Please forward the petition details to people in your mailing list
> asking them to sign and circulate the petition widely.
> 
> Final Solution ( India; 2004; Digital Video format - miniDV; 209/148
> minutes).
> 
>   Final Solution is a study of the politics of hate. Set in Gujarat
>   during the period Feb/March 2002 - July 2003, the film graphically
>   documents the changing face of right-wing politics in India through a
>   study of the 2002 genocide of Moslems in Gujarat. The film documents
>   the Assembly elections held in Gujarat in late 2002 and records in
>   detail the exploitation of the Godhra incident (in which 58 Hindus
>   were burnt alive) by the right-wing propaganda machinery for electoral
>   gains. It studies the situation after the storm and its impact on
>   Hindus and Moslems - ghettoisation in cities and villages, segregation
>   in schools, the call for economic boycott of Moslems and continuing
>   acts of violence more than a year after the carnage.
> 
>   Final Solution is anti-hate/ violence as "those who forget history are
>   condemned to relive it".
> 
>   Awards :
> 
>   Wolfgang Staudte award and  Special  Jury  Award (Netpac), Berlin
>   International film  festival.
> 
>   Humanitarian Award for Outstanding Documentary, HongKong International
>   film festival.
> 
> Silver Dhow ( Best Doc category), Zanzibar International film festival
> 
>   Special Jury Mention, Munich Dokfest.
> 
> Special Award instituted and given by NRIs for a Secular and Harmonious
> India (NRI-SAHI), NY-NJ, USA.
> 
>   Festivals :  Berlinale ( International premiere; Feb 2004), HongKong,
>   Fribourg,  3 continents filmfest (South Africa), Hot Docs (Canada),
>   Vancouver, Zanzibar, Durban, Commonwealth film festival (UK), One
>   world filmfest (Prague), Voces Contra el Silencio (Mexico), Istanbul
>   1001fest, Singapore, Flanders (Belgium), World Social Forum (Mumbai;
>   Indian premiere), Vikalp (Mumbai filmfest organised by Campaign
>   against Censorship), Films for Freedom, Bangalore and several other
>   filmfests
> 
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> 
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