Effort vindicated
In the just announced 53rd National Film Awards, Rakesh Sharma’s internationally-acclaimed documentary “Final Solution” about the Gujarat carnage has been given the Special Jury award. The Jury awarded the film for its “powerf
ul, hard-hitting documentation with a brutally honest approach lending incisive insights into the Godhra incident, its aftermath and the abetment of large scale violence”.
The director observed how, in sharp contrast to this jury, the censor board had banned the same film in 2004, stating that the film “promotes communal disharmony among Hindu and Muslim groups and presents the picture of Gujarat riots in a way that it may arouse communal feelings and clashes among Hindu Muslim groups”. But the film went on to even create history at Berlin by winning two awards, including the Wolfgang Statudte award, never given before to a documentary film.
The film has over 20 international awards and has been screened at over 80 international film festivals. Check www.rakeshfilm.com.
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