The Face of Islam in the Movies:
Between Censors, Sermons and the Personal Self
Monday, November 6, 2000
Films from a number of Islamic countries–Iran, Palestine, Indonesia and Egypt–are being screened as part of the Jakarta International Film Festival. A discussion on the state of filmmaking in the Muslim world is also part of the festival line-up. Do these movies offer freedom of expression, though? Join TEMPO’s Cairo correspondent Zuhaid El-Qudsy for a look at Egyptian moviemakers’ fight to film.
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SUICIDE fooled the censors. A fatalistic deed, it’s not only against humanity, but an act that is strictly forbidden by Islam. But listen to what Abbas Kiarostami, the Iranian who directed The Taste of Cherry, which will be screened at the Jakarta International Film Festival, says. It is about suicide, and in 1997 it did not get the blessing of the Iranian government to take part in the Cannes Film Festival. "A good movie is one that make
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