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My Archives: September 2004

Wednesday, September 22, 2004

OneWorld South Asia reports how India's Aalternative Film Movement defies censors to impact change:

"A forum of over 300 documentary filmmakers is campaigning for the right to freedom of expression in India's capital, New Delhi, screening over 60 powerful films, most of which were rejected by the country's draconian censor board." 64 alternative - or independent - films were chosen from a successful filmfestival, called "Vilkap". The festival in Mumbai (India's film capital) proved the need for new voices beyond Bollywood, India's famous mass film production synonym. Most of the films are dealing with issues of community, development, human and women rights and all of them were heavily censored by India's authorities. Declaring themselves a "campaign against censorship", the organizers called September "the month of Free Speech!"

Posted by WB @ 09:57 AM NY [Link]

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