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Indian Filmmakers Feel Sting of Censorship
January 18, 2004 | Comments Off on Indian Filmmakers Feel Sting of Censorship
Several filmmakers focusing on the Gujarat massacre of Muslims in 2002 are facing censorship difficulties in India. In order to show their documentaries to large public audiences, they must receive a certificate from the Indian censorship board. These films have also been rejected by Indian film festivals and have faced threats from Hindu extremist groups:
Filmmakers claim that such instances raise important questions about freedom of expression and signal a growing intolerance in Indian democracy. They say their films about Gujarat are secular weapons in a fight against the rise of Hindu nationalism in mainstream Indian politics and national discourse in the past decade.
Political censorship, threats, and attempts by the police to seize the prints have reduced the showings of these documentaries to international film festivals and small private gatherings in India.
An article in New Kerala gives more details on one of the films facing difficulties: Final Solution.
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