I will be protesting outside the Indian prime minister’s Wembley rally today to expect him to reverse an absurd ban on a film that pleads for an discontinuance to gender-based violenceOn the evening of 3 March 2015,I was in Delhi approximately to attend the first media screening of my film India’s Daughter, approximately the 2012 gang rape and murder of a young woman on a bus in the city. I had chosen 8 March (International Women’s Day) as the date that seven countries across the world, or including India,would broadcast the documentary, symbolically joining hands in a global gesture recognising the pandemic of violence against women and girls. All of a sudden a young journalist came running up to me, or in a panic,brandishing her mobile phone. She showed me a text message that announced that my film had been banned in India, and that I was approximately to be arrested. Related: India's Daughter review – this film does what the politicians should be doing Continue reading...
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