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FILMOGRAPHY
A list of films and documentaries relating to music and music censorship
Last update 26 August 2009 |
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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Afghan Star
A Channel 4 Documentary Foundation production in association with Tolo TV.
Directed by Havana Marking.
With the singers Setara Hussainzada, Rafi Nabaazda, Hameed Sahkizada, Lima Sahar, Daoud Sediqi.
In English, Dari and Pashtun with English subtitles. Running time: 88 minutes.
Distributor: Zeitgeist Films
Film website: Afghanstardocumentary.com
Afghanistan. 2008.
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An Independent Mind
Directed by Rex Bloomstein.
About freedom of speech and how far individuals will go in order to preserve it. Interview with reggae singer Tiken Jah Fakoly from Côte d'Ivoire.
Language: English / English subtitles.
United Kingdom. 2008. 89 minutes
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At the end of a perfect day
About the punk band Quartet in Iran. Young film maker Mina Keshavarz tailed the band for a whole year. The film shows how the band gets into trouble with the Iranian law enforcers.
Directed by Mina Keshavarz / Kamran Heidari
Farsi spoken, subtitles in English. 52 minutes, DVD.
Iran. 2008.
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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
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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
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¡Cuba RebelióN!
Directed by Alessio Cuomo & Sander de Nooij
Produced by Coldsun Productions VOF & Column Film
Language: Spanish with English subtitles
Netherlands/Cuba 2008, 53 minutes
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Democracy in Dakar
Documentary film about hip-hop youth and politics in Dakar, Senegal.
Directed by Magee McIlvaine, Chris Moore and Ben Herson
Produced by Nomadic Wax and Sol Productions
Language: Wolof and French with English subtitles
Senegal 2008, app. 60 minutes
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Fangafrika - Voice of the Voiceless
The first documentary film about West African hip-hop.
Produced by Staycalm! Productions
Language: French with English subtitles
Burkina Faso and France. 2007, 52 minutes
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Forbidden Future (Forbudt framtid)
Directed by Gard A. Andreassen
Documentary which features the Iranian death metal band Scourge and their lead–singer Ali. “Behind closed doors in Teheran young Iranian artists express themselves through music, painting and sports – thereby risking public floggings and even a death sentence.”
Won the ECU 2008 for 'Best European Feature Documentary'
Colour. Digibeta. English subtitles
Iran / Norway. 2007. 52 minutes
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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
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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
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I Love Hip Hop in Morocco
Documentary about a group of hip hop artists sharing a dream: To organise a professional concert. Unfortunately resistance is strong in their society and resources scare. With the help of an American filmmaker, they raised funding and created the first Hip Hop festival in Morocco.
Co-Directed by Jennifer Needleman & Joshua Asen
Language: Arabic, French & English with English, French & Spanish subtitles
Morocco/USA 2008
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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
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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.
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Nobody Knows About the Persian Cats
(Kasi az gorbehaye irani khabar nadareh)
About music censorship in Iran, featuring the underground rock band Mirza, the rapper Hichkas, as well as other musicians of varying styles from Persian pop and folk to heavy metal, and women who are banned in Iran from public solo singing.
Directed by Bahman Ghobadi
Language: Persian with English subtitles
Iran / France. 2009. 106 minutes
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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
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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
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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
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Sounds of Silence – Underground Music in Tehran
Directed and produced by Amir Hamz and Mark Lazarz
Iran. 2006. 97 minutes
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Stopping the Music
Directed by Douglas Mitchell
Produced by Michael Drewett
South Africa. 2002. 54 minutes
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Sufi Soul
'The Mystic Music Of Islam'
The Sufi voice is increasingly under challenge within the Muslim world and beyond...
Directed by Simon Broughton
A documentary produced for British Channel 4.
Syria, Turkey, Pakistan, Morocco. 2005. 48 minutes
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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
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The Miscreants
Directed by George Gittoes
A Gittoes & Dalton Production
Pakistan / Australia. 2009. 90 minutes
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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
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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
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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
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Youssou N'Dour: I Bring What I Love
Directed by Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi
35mm. In English, Arabic, French, and Wolof with English subtitles.
Senegal / USA. 2009. 102 minutes
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| Cuba/Netherlands: ¡Cuba RebelióN! |
| A documentary film about the punk-rock and metal musicians rebelling against the bureaucracy and imposed conformity of the Castro regime |
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| 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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