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Ruhnama
Ruhanama - Shadow Of The Holy Book
Release date: 15.01.2009
as a part of the touring film festival 'ueber Macht'
Doc. | Finland 2007, 90 Min.
Why are some of the world's biggest international companies translating the Ruhnama, an absurd government propaganda book from Turkmenistan, into their own languages?
Shadow of the Holy Book exposes the immorality of international companies doing business with the dictatorship of oil-and-gas-rich Turkmenistan, thus helping to hide its human rights and free speech abuses - all in the name of profit and corporate greed.
Turkmenistan’s dictator, Saparmurat Niyazov, has written a ludicrous book: the Ruhnama, the Book of Soul, a key tool in the government’s subjugation of human rights and free speech. Yet many international companies give their clandestine support to the Ruhnama and help suppress the country’s voices of opposition and dissidence – in return for multimillion-dollar business deals.
The film follows lawyer/author Kevin Frazier and film director Arto Halonen as they travel from Europe to Turkmenistan, and all the way to the United States. The filmmakers are in search of companies operating in Turkmenistan, particularly the companies that have translated the Ruhnama books into their own languages, and thus supported Turkmenistan's dictatorship in the most absurd way possible.
Ruhnama - Shadow Of The Holy Book is part of the touring film festival ueber Macht - Kontrolle, Regeln, Selbstbestimmung (thematic focus on control, rules and self-empowerment). For more information (in German) visit www.ueber-macht.de
Credits
- Finnland 2007, Color, 90'
- Director: Arto Halonen
- Written by: Arto Halonen, Kevin Frazier
- Language version: German
- Suitable for 6 years and over
- Available in DCP (Digital Cinema Package) master for alle D/E-Cinema systems, DVD, DigiBeta, Beta SP
- Release date: 15.01.2009
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