Submission: Part I (2004) (TV)

Director:

Theo van Gogh

Writers:

Ayaan Hirsi Ali (scenario) and
Theo van Gogh (writer)

Release Date:

29 August 2004 (Netherlands)

Genre:

Short | Drama

Plot:

Short film on the mistreatment of women in the Islam. It shows abused women, with Koran texts on their bodies that validate their mistreatment. |

Plot Keywords:

Abusive Husband | Disturbing | Physical Abuse | Jealousy | Psychological Abuse

Runtime:

12 min

Country:

Netherlands

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Trivia:

The co-producer of Van Gogh's Column Productions has withdrawn the film from distribution and refused to give anyone permission to screen it.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Goedemorgen Nederland: (2004-12-15)" (2004)

courage

It is hard to speak about the state of women in Islam without being told to keep quite,sometime the ultimate price has to be paid.That is the nature of this film. It may not make for friends but it gets things in the open so that changes can take place so human rights can be respected. There have been very few films about Islam as a religion.I do not know of any about the human right tragedy in the Sudan.I wish to see more films about Islam but am afraid that filmmakers will be leery after this.That is why I hope that filmmakers will not be afraid of death threats,because information about Islam is needed especially since 911.WE must realize that the Dutch are very tolerant and that this atheist filmmaker did have a right to make films that is the bottom line.I hope that the film will energize Islamic men to correct abuses as much as they can.