"> Name: Moustapha Akkad, "Lion of the Desert (Omar Mukhtar)"

Date:  1976 - 1984 , 1985 - 1995

Location:  Europe , Africa

SubjectPolitical/Economic/Social Opinion , Racial/Ethnic

MediumFilm Video


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Artist: Moustapha Akkad

Confronting Bodies: Italian undersecretary to the Foreign Affair Department; Italian Commission on film censorship

Date of Action: 1981; 1982; in the 1987 a screening was stopped by Digos (a special investigating division of government police) in Trento (North of Italy); in 1988 the only official screening occured at the Riminicinema festival

Specific Location: Trento, Rimini, Italia

Description of Artwork: Between two worlds wars, a struggle for freedom took place in the African desert. This movie is the historicaly accurate story about the Libyan resistance leader, Omar Mukhtar, who led the Libyan resistance against the Italian opressors from 1911-1931. The movie takes place during the fascist dictatorship of Mussolini.



Description of Incident: "The Movie is unwelcome in Italy" said Raffaele Costa, Italian undersecretary to the Foreign Affair Department, in 1981; in 1982 Giulio Andreotti (Italian politician) banned the movie: the Italian government considering the movie insulting to the italian army's honor



Results of Incident: the movie was banned in Italy, no screenings allowed



Source: http://imdb.com/title/tt0081059/releaseinfo http://unimondo.oneworld.net/article/view/86934/1/3329 http://www.senzasoste.it/visioni-e-letture/il-leone-del-deserto.html

Submitted By: rem at keybit dot net



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