The controversial film Shakespeare Must Die, directed by Ing K, follows the movements of a theater group staging a production of Macbeth and includes footage taken from a May 19, 2010 military crackdown on anti-government protests.
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Egyptian authorities banned the screening of a Cairo Exit, a film depicting a love story between a Muslim man and Coptic Christian woman. Hesham Issawi’s film was slated to be screened on February 27 at the Luxor African Film Festival.
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Iranian filmmaker Mahnaz Mohammadi arrested in Iran and taken to Evin Prison, which is notorious for its political prisoners’ wing. Her passport confiscated, Mohammadi was unable to attend the 2011 Cannes Film Festival.
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Sampsonia Way's companion guide to City of Asylum’s Exiled Voice of China and Tibet literary event, featuring standout pieces from its three year coverage of exiled and persecuted writers. READ
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