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Film Censorship: What's The Impact?

Dato Kamil Othman, Former Director-General, FINAS | Brenda Danker, Co-Founder, Freedom Film Festival | Dr Gaik Cheng Khoo, Associate Professor, School of Media, Languages and Cultures at the University of Nottingham

30-Nov-21 18:00

Film Censorship: What's The Impact?

In Parliament yesterday, there was some discourse on film censorship in Malaysia and the Film Censorship Board's guidelines. First, we find out why certain movies get banned, and what’s behind this. Then, the impact censorship has on filmmakers and audiences. Lastly, are films really that influential?

Image Source: Hunter Moranville, Unsplash

Produced by: Adeline Choong, Alia Zefri, Raihanna Azwar

Presented by: Sharmilla Ganesan, Lee Chwi Lynn


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Categories:  politics,  social issues,  film,  law and legal matters

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