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Let
the
sense of Censor Board Returns:
Remove
Ban From "Matir Moina"
[Satire]
Bird Thou Never Wert!
By Shabnam Nadiya
People keep on blaming the
government for being narrow
minded, bigoted, philistines. They
have blamed the Awami League
government for banning Taslima
Nasrin’s Lajja, they have blamed
the past BNP government for
banning Humayun Azad’s Nari and
that contentious issue of Desh
magazine, and now they are blaming
the current BNP government for
banning Tareq Masud’s Matir Moina...... (Read
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A scene from the film
Matir Moina, banned in Bangladesh.
Matir Moina or The Clay
Bird, a film by Tareque Masud, wins
critics heart with the International
Critics' Prize
By Peter Bradshaw
This charming, gentle film,
showing in the Director's
Fortnight at Cannes, is one of the
real finds of the festival. It is
about the experience of childhood,
but draws upon unexpected reserves
of drama and emotional disquiet to
shed light on the world of adults,
too. Set in East Pakistan (now
Bangladesh) in the late 1960s,
writer-director Tareque Masud's
film tells the story of Anu, a boy
whose father, Kazi, has abandoned
the sophisticated European-British
ways of his own youth to immerse
himself in Islam...... (Read
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Banned film
wins CANNES International Critics
Prize
By Naeem Mohaiemmen
Friends, MATIR MOINA has
become the first Bangladeshi
film to win International
Critics Prize at Cannes! The
film is still banned by
Bangladesh govt. To sign the
petition calling for repeal of
ban, go to this URL:
http://www.petitiononline.com/moina
Naeem...... (Read
More)
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'Matir Moyna' gets standing
ovation
Forwarded By Lopa
Tasneem
Last Thursday May 16th, the
Directors' Fortnight section
of the world renowned Cannes
Film Festival opened with "Matir
Moina". Marie-Perez Macia, the
Fortnight Director, called
director Tareque Masud,
producer Catherine Masud,
artists Jayanto Chattopadhyay
and Rokeya Prachy, and Marin
Karmitz, chief of the French
distribution company MK2, to
the stage. Macia, ....... (Read
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Please read the petition and if
you agree, go to the URL below to
sign the petition. Please
distribute this notice widely.
(Petition Created by Mr. Naeem
Mohaiemen)
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PETITION:
Remove the ban on MATIR MOINA
The Bangladesh
Film Censor Board (FCB) has
refused to issue a censor
certificate to the film MATIR
MOINA (Clay Bird). This ruling
overturns the earlier decision by
the FCB (which is a division of
the Ministry of Information) to
issue an ‘uncut’ certificate to
the film. In a letter to the
director Tareque Masud, the FCB
said the film should not be
projected in public as it contains
“religiously sensitive”
material....... (Read
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Matir
Moina and Madrasha in BD
Forwarded by
Farrukh Ahmed
“…His "Matir Moina" may
be flawed for many reasons
but saying that it will not
be shown because it hurts
religious feelings is
hogwash. This intolerance
for what may be construed as
criticism of the madrassah
based education system is
unacceptable because it's
illegal. This system is an
official and formal part of
public education, which is
open to any public debate
and critique. It seems
seminaries will be kept
above criticism to calm
political insecurity. So
madrassah protection is a
priority now….”, .......
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'Matir
Moyna' did not get passport'
of the Censor Board (III)
By
Ajoy K. Roy
French Film Director of
Jewish parentage of
Poland, Roman Polanski's
'de Piamist' has been
decorated with highest
honour of the Cannes
International film
festival, the prestigious
'Palme d'Or' (Golden Palm)
Award. On Sunday, 26th
May, the prizes were
distributed among the
winners in a glittering
award giving ceremony. The
jury board headed by US
Director David Lynch
consists of nine members
including actresses Sharon
Stone and Michelle Yeoh.
The decision to award
Golden Palm to Polanski
came as a surprise to many
critics who opined that
'The Pianist' of being too
detached and stagey.
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'Matir
Moyna' did not get
passport' of the Censor
Board(II)
By
Ajoy K. Roy
Matir Moina of
Tareque Masud still
awaiting clearance
certificate from our
government controlled
‘Bangladesh film censor
board’ although appeals
from different
enlightened citizens and
organizations continuing
urging the Censor Board
to reverse its decision.
In the meanwhile, I
learnt that film has
been shown at Cannes
festival. In fact, this
was the inaugural film
to be screened at the
Director’s Fortnight
section of the
prestigious Cannes Film
Festival.. ....... (Read
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'Matir Moyna' did not
get passport' of the
Censor Board (I)
By
Ajoy K. Roy
I don't understand
the finer aspects of
films. But I see many
obnoxious third grade
films are being made
and displayed in
public cinema halls,
as well as in TV
channels, more
particularly in ATN
channel. How do these
films pass through
ever vigilant eyes of
our censoring
authority. Honestly I
have no idea who are
these people doing the
censoring job. They
must be very talented,
cultured and experts
in this line.......
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More)
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Government bans Matir
Moina By
Farrukh
Ahmed
Are we sending
the right message to
the free world that
we are a nation of
tolerant, liberal
and democratic
people?....... (Read
More)
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Debate on "Matir
moyna" in Mukto-mona
forum
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