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A Film By Raj Amit Kumar

Unfreedom

Banned in India.

Feature · 2015 · New York & New Delhi

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Synopsis

Unfreedom is an urgent contemporary thriller about a society split by political, religious, and sexual turmoil. It moves between New York and New Delhi.

One story follows a Muslim terrorist sent to silence a liberal Muslim scholar. The other follows a young woman who refuses the marriage her devout father has arranged, because she is already in a lesbian relationship the family will not name. All four people go to the edge of what they believe about freedom, faith, family, and love.

The Central Board of Film Certification banned the film in India. It opened in North America, later reached Netflix, and was taken down there as well. Raj Amit Kumar has said the film began with Faiz Ahmed Faiz’s “Ye dagh dagh ujala,” and with the wish to show how little freedom a person actually has inside the structures that claim to protect them.

“Unfreedom showed me how important it is to make your art the way you want.”
Raj Amit Kumar, Firstpost

Team

Screenings

The run that happened. Pick a month.

  • 29-May to 04-JuneNYAMC Empire 25
  • 29-May to 04-JuneLALaemmle's NoHo 7
  • 08-MayMumbaiFilm Fest, IIT Bombay
  • 10-MayMumbaiThe Hive
  • 30-MayMumbaiThe Hive
  • 31-MayMumbaiThe Hive

Host a screening

By opening a Room you already have, you become a patron of independent cinema. It does not cost you anything. There is no licence fee. Your audience is already yours. Unfreedom gives them a night they will not find anywhere else, and a reason to come back. People come because the film is playing near them, and because the director, Raj Amit Kumar, takes questions after the screening. You engage your audience, and you build a new one. The film gets a Room that a studio was never going to give it.

Who can host

  • A college or university
  • A film society or film club
  • An NGO or non-profit
  • An art or cultural organisation
  • A company looking for a real conversation with its people
  • A restaurant, café, pub, or pop-up

What you get

  • The screening is free. There is no licence fee.
  • Entry for your audience is free unless you want to charge a ticket price.
  • The time can suit your room.
  • A discussion guide and a small promotional kit.
  • An optional Q&A after the film with Raj Amit Kumar.

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