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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
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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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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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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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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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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 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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| 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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