Friday, August 30, 2013

China acts to chill interest in independent films

FILE - In this Sept. 6, 2010 file photo, director Wang Bing poses during the photo call for the movie "The Ditch" at the 67th edition of the Venice Film Festival in Venice, Italy. Filmmakers whose edgy themes contrast with the rosier images of the country’s mainstream industry are accustomed to struggling against a censorship system that blocks content deemed to show China in a negative light. None of Wang’s films have been screened in his own country. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini, File) BEIJING (AP) — Chinese authorities have disrupted an independent film school, shut down two film festivals and harassed organizers of a third in recent months, say independent filmmakers, who see the actions as part of a general clampdown on freedom of expression.








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