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FILMOGRAPHY Films and documentaries relating to music and censorship Last update 09 April 2008 |
Please note that only few of the film titles listed below are about 'music censorship' as such. In most cases, music censorship and its effects is not the only topic of the film.
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Back Vocal (Seday-e Dovom) Directed by Iranian film director Mojtaba Mirtahmasb. About women singers in Tehran who defy Iran’s law forbidding women to perform solo Language: Persian. English subtitles. Iran. 2004. 40 minutes Read more... |
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Breaking the Silence – Music in Afghanistan Directed by Simon Broughton Produced by Felmay Colour. In English. Available on DVD Afghanistan / UK. 2002. 60 minutes Read more... |
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Half Moon (Niwemang) Directed by Bahman Ghobadi Produced as a joint production of Iran, Iraq, Austria, and France by MijFilm Colour. 35mm. Language: Kurdish and Farsi Iran. 2006. 114 minutes Read more... |
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Heavy Metal in Baghdad Feature length documentary about Iraq’s only heavy metal band, Acrassicauda, who are in exile in Turkey Directed and produced by Eddy Moretti and Suroosh Alvi Produced by Monica Hampton HDCAM. Colour. Language: English and Arabic Iraq. 2007. 84 minutes Read more... |
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In the name of God (Khuda Kay Liye) Award-winning feature film, highest grossing film of Pakistan of all time. About two musical brothers of which one decides to follow a fundamentalist cleric who says music is forbidden according to Islam. Directed and written by Shoaib Mansoor Colour. Language: Urdu and English Pakistan. 2007 Read more... |
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Knowledge is the Beginning
About The West-Eastern Divan Orchestra which is banned from performing in the countries from which most of its musicians come.
Directed by Paul Smaczny
Language: English.
Germany / Palestine. 2005. 90 minutes. Read more... |
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Off Beat (Saz-e Mokhalef) Directed by Iranian film director Mojtaba Mirtahmasb. About Tehran's underground music bands Iran. 2004. 45 minutes Read more... |
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Passion (Bab el Makam) Directed by Syrian film director Mohamad Malas Produced by Ahmed Baha Eddine Attia and Fabienne Servan-Schreiber. The film won the Jury Prize at the fifth Marrakech International Film Festival in 2005 Distributor: , Paris, France Syria. 2005. 98 minutes Read more... |
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Shut Up & Sing Featuring the American country group Dixie Chicks Directed by Barbara Kopple and Cecilia Peck A Cabin Creek Films documentary USA. 2006. 93 minutes Read more... |
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Sounds of Silence – Underground Music in Tehran Directed and produced by Amir Hamz and Mark Lazarz Iran. 2006. 97 minutes Read more... |
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Stopping the Music Directed by Douglas Mitchell Produced by Michael Drewett South Africa. 2002. 54 minutes Read more... |
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The Flute Player – a story of hope, healing, and the will to survive Featuring Arn Chorn-Pond Produced by Jocelyn Glatzer and Over The Moon Productions Directed by Jocelyn Glatzer Cambodia / USA. 2003. 57 minutes Read more... |
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The Rebel (Rebelle) About the Algerian singer Matoub Lounès who was assassinated in 1998. Directed by Mokrane Hammar. Algeria. 2005. 70 minutes Read more... |
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The Rock Star and The Mullahs Featuring Salman Ahmad Produced by Angus Macqueen Directed by Ruhi Hamid A PBS Wide Angle documentary Pakistan / UK. 2003. 57 minutes Read more... |
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The Satanic Angels (Malaekat Al-Shaytan) Feature film about a Moroccan heavy metal band arrested for "shaking the foundations of Islam". The script is based on a real case. Written and produced by Ahmed Boulane International sales: Redfern Film, London Arabic and French dialogue Morocco. 2007. 86 minutes Read more... |
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| Read more: |
| Syria: Music censorship film wins award |
| Film director Mohamad Malas' movie 'Bab El Makam' tells the story of a young woman, who struggles against a society which does not accept her love for singing |
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