China tells film festival to drop Uighur film

Posted by editor@vimooz.com on July 16, 2009 under Documentary, Film Festival, Foreign Film | Comments are off for this article

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Organisers of an Australian film festival say they have been pressured by the Chinese government to remove a documentary about an exiled dissident.  The film by Australian director Jeff Daniels, called The 10 Conditions of Love, tells the rags-to-riches story of millionaire businesswoman Rebiya Kadeer, a member of the Uighur ethnic group.

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