Drone Film-maker Denied US Visa

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A Pakistani student is unable to accept his film festival award because he is denied the right to enter the U.S.
BY GLENN GREENWALD


A still image from Muhammad Danish Qasim's film, "The Other Side."
Muhammad Danish Qasim is a Pakistani student at Iqra University’s Media Science and is also a filmmaker. This year, Qasim released a short film entitled The Other Side, a 20-minute narrative that“revolves around the idea of assessing social, psychological and economical effects of drones on the people in tribal areas of Pakistan.” A two-minute video trailer of the film is embedded below. The Express Tribune provided this summary of the film, including an interview with Qasim:
The Other Side revolves around a school-going child in Miranshah, the capital of North Waziristan. The child’s neighborhood gets bombed after the people of the region are suspected for some notorious activities. He ends up losing all of his loved ones during the bombing and later becomes part of an established terrorists group who exploit his loss and innocence for their own interests.
On the reasons for picking such a sensitive topic, the film-maker said, “Most of the films being made right now are based on social issues, so we picked up an issue of international importance which is the abrogation of our national space by foreign countries.”
When asked how this film on terrorism will be different from all the others that have been released since 9/11, he said, “The film takes the audience very close to the damage caused by drone attacks. I have tried my best to connect all the dots that lead to a drone attack and have shot the prevailing aftermath of such attacks in a very realistic and raw manner.”

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  1. CNMay 20, 2012 at 12:19 AM

    Hello, I also posted on this topic -- most recently: No More Crusades dot blogspot.com for April with UPdating...

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  2. NoorMay 20, 2012 at 10:12 PM

    @CN: checking it out. :)

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  3. NoorMay 20, 2012 at 10:16 PM

    kindly check this link on drone summit and permission to a Pakistani lawyer to attend it, here http://nomorecrusades.blogspot.com/2012/04/us-relents-and-grants-pakistani-lawyer.html#comment-form via Connie Nash from no more crusades. Thank you CN :)

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