Naga Story: The Other Side of Silence
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Duration | Director Gopal Menon Country India | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Language Nagamese, Manipuri, English and 14 Naga languages with English subtitles Release date 2003 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Naga Story: The Other Side of Silence is a 2003 documentary film by Indian film maker Gopal Menon. The film provides an introduction to the history of the Struggle by Naga people in North- East frontier of the Indian subcontinent, and documents the human rights abuses suffered by the Naga people in more than 50 years of the existence of Independent India. The Naga political struggle is one of the oldest nationality movements in South Asia, continuing till present times. This film, which took 5 years to complete, is the first comprehensive film about the Naga struggle for identity, peace, and justice.
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This film is the Winner of the "Spirit of the Himalayas" First Prize at Netherlands Himalayas Film Festival, Amsterdam, 2004. This Film is withdrawn from Mumbai International Film Festival 2004 by Film Makers along with 6 other films as part of the Campaign Against Censorship by Indian filmmakers and screened at the Protest film festival Vikalp