Palestine Action documentary makers fear being criminalised under anti-terror laws | Documentary films
Award -winning documentary about the Palestinian action, the producers, say that they will be accused if they continue to disperse the job after they are banned under the fight against terrorism laws.
Online version Kill a war machine It was brought to this week after the Ministry of Interior would prohibit the protest group directly against Israeli arms companies in the UK.
Interior Minister Yette Cooper announced their plans on Mondays because the activists entered the Raf Brize Norton in Oxfordshire and sprayed two military planes.
On Monday, the parliament will be presented with a draft of an expression order against the Palestinian action. If it passes, the prohibition will become a law, which makes it illegal to be a member of the group or to support it, and with imprisonment of up to 14 years.
Since Tuesday, the documentary about their activities has been downloaded by people all over the world, but their executives are trying to get legal advice and are afraid that if they continue their distribution, they will violate the laws of anti -terrorism.
The demonstrations of the film were lined up in the UK in the coming days and weeks – from the meetings in the houses to the screenings in the cinemas – but now there are doubts about what prosperity will mean.
London -based directors Hannan Majid and Richard York said that Britain may be the only country in the world to see the film.
“We have been active in the world and we have a lot of experience in the regimes that explain what we can and what we can do to us. In Bangladesh, we had officials who said that we should not regulate the images of clothing workers and activists who defend their rights, but we did not encounter anything like this in Britain.”
Since 2006, O and York have been working together on documentaries that have focused on human rights through production companies Rainbow Collective and cooperate with organizations, including international amnesty.
Killing a war machine was the product of work for more than six months, and it was done independently of the Palestinian action while using the real -time bodycam and phone images of the group in the public sphere.
Activists have shown that they have disintegrated and occupied arms factories in the UK and explained their motivation for actions that they see as legitimate in the face of war crimes in Gaza. There are interviews with two activists from the Palestinian action, Sohail Sultan and Joe Irving were acquitted of both accusations of criminal damage.
However, the Palestinian action to ban the action means that there are question marks on documentaries and events, including a London premiere on 18 July.
“We set out to make this film in a completely legitimate and legitimate way as we did with other films. It is certified by the British Film Classification Board (BBFC), and now the restriction of the Palestinian action has not been illegal for us only for the sound support for the films, but for the film makers, it is only for the deck, the deck, it has been changed.
“People are still excited and there was an enormous boom on social media. I hope we can continue most of our plans, but instead of waiting for the month of September, we have to hurry up and digital this week instead of waiting for the month of September.
Filmmakers meet with distributors in the UK and the United States, but they live against risks.
York said, “On the basis of some legal advice, we may not be able to distribute even in other countries and regions when the film supports a group that is banned in some way.
They also think that they need to withdraw applications for a number of international film festivals. This week is part of the Zanzibar International Film Festival.
