Filmakers - Fearless: The Price of Freedom

Fearless: The Price of Freedom

Length:	26 min
Released:	2003
Ages:	College Adult

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A film by Matthew Kelley, Peter Du Cane and Samantha Kelley

In 1994 a young poet from rural Bangladesh, Taslima Nasrin, plunged the country into a wave of general strikes and mass protest. Her crime: to write her thoughts about how religious fundamentalism has consigned women to a secondary role in modern society. For her outspokenness, the nation's religious leaders issued a fatwa against her, literally putting a price on her head. She now lives in exile in Sweden and continues to rail against the forces of oppression despite attempts to silence her.

Member of a series:

• Fearless Series: Stories from Asian Women

"Highly Recommended. It reveals the strength of Taslima's character, her sacrifice, Her pain of separation from her family, and the great determination and courage with which she presses forward with her belief that she could make a difference in this world through her writing."
‒Triveni Kuch, Rutgers University Libraries for Educational Media Reviews Online

National Women's Studies Association, 2004
Hollywood Film Festival, 2003
Global Visions Film Festival, 2003

• Asia

• South Asia

• Women's Studies