“Salafist” documentary film to be issued +18 yrs certificate.

Le documentaire “Salafistes” reste interdit aux moins de 18 ans

par mercredi 27 janvier 2016 14:22

Salafistes © François Margolin et Lemine Ould Salem

Fleur Pellerin suit l’avis de la commission de classification et confirme l’interdiction aux moins de 18 ans de “Salafistes”, assortie d’un avertissement. Ce documentaire controversé sur le djihadisme sort en salles ce mercredi.

Fleur Pellerin has followed the advice of the film censure and confirmed over 18 years only classification for “salafists”, (by François Margolin et Lemine Ould Salem), and is released with a restriction. The controversial documentary on djihadism will be in cinemas today, Wednesday.

Après un premier avis, les réalisateurs François Margolin et Lemine Ould Salem avaient modifié leur film. C’est sur cette nouvelle version que la commission s’est prononvée et à confirmé sa décision. Fleur Pellerin, ministre de la Culture, s’est alignée sur cet avis, “compte tenu du parti pris de diffuser sans commentaires des scènes et des discours d’une extrême violence”.

After the initial recommendation, the directors François Margolin et Lemine Ould Salem, edited their film. It was on this new version that the commission made their decision. The minister of culture, Fleur Pellerin, took the advice on board, ” parts of the film will be without commentary and descriptive scenes around extreme violence are omitted”.

 

La commission de classification des œuvres cinématographiques avait motivé sa décision en expliquant que Salafistes “ne permet pas de façon claire de faire la critique des discours violemment anti-occidentaux, anti démocratique de légitimation d’actes terroristes, d’appels au meurtre d’infidèles présentés comme juifs et chrétiens, qui y sont tenus.”

“The classification commission (on cinematographic works) decision explained their reasoning that Salafists “were not permitted to show critical violent anti-western, anti-democratic dialogue or legitimise terrorist acts, call for deaths to infidels like jews or christians, indicated”. 

Le documentaire, tourné au Mali, en Irak, Algérie, Tunisie et Mauritanie entre 2012 et 2015, donne la parole à des responsables d’Al-Qaïda au Maghreb islamique (AQMI) dans un montage d’images de propagande et de vidéos jihadistes, sans voix off ni commentaires. La commission reconnait la volonté des réalisateurs “de les utiliser en contre-point” mais estime nécessaire l’interdiction aux moins de 18 ans, assortie d’un avertissement : “Ce film contient des propos et des images extrêmement violents et intolérables, susceptibles de heurter le public”. 

The film, made in Mali, in Irak, Algérie, Tunisie and Mauritanie between 2012 and 2015, shows spokesmen from senior Al-Qaïda in Maghreb islamique (AQMI) in a series of images from propaganda djihadist videos, but without voice or commentary. The commission recognises the will of the directors “to use counterpoint” but prohibited it to under 18 year olds, in its restriction: “This film content proposed extremely violent and intolerable images, clashing with public sensibilities”

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Worked in the technical / engineering area as a Science Laboratory Technician and as an Aeronautics Engineer. The artistic side involves writing under the nom de plume of Billy Olsenn, his recently written play 'A Case of Wine' was staged by the players group Straight Make-Up at the 2012 Birr one act drama festival. It's next staging was in the one act circuit is in Cavan, at Maudebawn on Sat 10 Nov 2012. Then it was performed in the Bray, Co.Wicklow at the very popular one act festival in January 2013. Next play is FEAR. A dark tale about revenge on the cruel death of two pensioners by young thugs. Neighbours hatch a devious and dangerous plan to exact old-style revenge. Bill is a member of the Drama League of Ireland and his plays have been critically vetted and certified as original pieces of work by the DLI. Another literary project is that of commemoration of an aircraft crash on Djouce mountain in Wicklow in 1946. Bill wrote articles for the 50th, 60th and most recently the 70th anniversary, (12 Aug 2016) all were published in the Wicklow Times and ensured the survivors of the crash, all French Girl Guides, were not forgotten. Articles reproduced on this website. But mostly this site gives a more general European and specific French slant on popular and not so popular articles of French news, translated to English by the author. Each article is translated on a paragraph by paragraph basis so easy to read in either language and even possible to improve either language by comparison of the short English and French paragraphs. Amusez vous bien. The author is currently writing an easy to read technical aviation book centered around the Fokker 50. Another interest is that dealt with in another of Bill's websites www.realnamara.net, a Statue of the mother of God, Mary. It was erected in 1972 in Dublin, at the end of the Bull Wall near Clontarf, and my grandfather William Nelson, was the main instigator of that project. I give talks on the history of the statue and my grandfather's adventurous and dangerous life at sea. Technical assistance with each website is by J O'N.
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