Monday, March 26, 2007
FREEOM IS NOT FREE.This is what I felt after watching 300, after watching Enemies of Happiness.
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This film is about personal courage – courage to change the world and the courage to stand in the forefront of this battle.Malalai Joya is a 28 year-old woman from Afghanistan. This film follows her parliamentary campaign to her election as a delegate in Wolesi Jirga, or National Assembly. It is the first democratic parliament election in Afghanistan in over 30 years. Surrounded by security, Malalai Joya spreads her political beliefs despite several death threats.
There have been 4 attempts against her life.Malalai Joya is famous and infamous. It all began in 2003, when the Afghanistan politicians met to lay the foundation for a democracy in “new” Afghanistan. At this meeting, Malalai Joya challenged former Mujahidin leaders (Warlords), who according to her, attempt to maintain power through the new system. “Many of you here in this hall have blood on your hands and you should be tried in the world court.” Her comments ignited outrage among the hard-liners who demanded that she be immediately removed from the sessions.
It is her courage and conviction which has made her into a folk hero. But since that fateful day, her life has been in danger. She has been threatened by the very same warlords she challenges. Her campaign becomes a life-threatening project. She is forced to live in hiding and when she is in public, she must be protected by armed guards.
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The Enemy of Happiness follows a radical freedom fighter and a land that is changing. But more importantly it is a film on personal courage and the belief that the ordinary person not only can, but will make a difference.
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