From f0880b2f50d8e18f3ddc698cc38b8ff9a6bc618c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Julio Biason Date: Sat, 28 Nov 2020 10:57:56 -0300 Subject: [PATCH] Movie review: Meet the censors --- content/reviews/movies/meet-the-censors.md | 34 ++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 34 insertions(+) create mode 100644 content/reviews/movies/meet-the-censors.md diff --git a/content/reviews/movies/meet-the-censors.md b/content/reviews/movies/meet-the-censors.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..a27b54a --- /dev/null +++ b/content/reviews/movies/meet-the-censors.md @@ -0,0 +1,34 @@ ++++ +title = "Meet the Censors (2020)" +date = 2020-11-28 + +[taxonomies] +tags = ["movies", "reviews", "documentary", "censorship"] ++++ + +[IMDB Summary](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt12782812/): +From a Kafkaesque office for social media in Germany into South Sudan military +headquarters, to conversations with an Iranian Ayatollah, Indian film censors +and Chinese news editors. Norwegian filmmaker Håvard Fossum has traveled the +world to understand what censorship is, allowing the censors themselves to +state their case. + + + +{{ stars(stars=5) }} + +With no pretense whatsoever, I decided to watch this documentary. Its start is +a bit wobbly, making you feel like you just jumped in the middle of something +else. But also, in the very start, lies the kernel of the movie. + +It all start with some Neo-nazi march. And there, it lies the question: +Shouldn't those people be censored for spewing their hate? And thus start a +quest to see how some countries do their censorship: What is censored? What are +their rules? Do they *have* rules? + +The only downside is the ending: Sure, after going to China, Iran, India and +such, you'd expect the filmmakers to go some where more "free". And, obviously, +the "free" place is not as "free" as it seems. + +It's a curious documentary, with some expected results and some expected (no) +answer.