Slackistan

Slackistan is an independent film directed by Londonbased filmmaker, Hammad Khan. The film stars Shahbaz Hamid Shigri, Aisha Linnea Akhtar, Ali Rehman Khan, Shahana Khan Khalil, Osman Khalid Butt, Khalid Saeed and Rafey Alam. The film is distributed by Big Upstairs Films. Slackistan was released in the UK in 2010, and has also played at a number of festivals, in such locations as London, Abu Dhabi, New York, San Francisco and Goa. It has been banned in Pakistan.

Slackistan has not been released in Pakistan because the director refused to make cuts to the film as requested by the countrys Central Board of Film Censors CBFC on January 25, 2011. According to The Guardian, the CBFC objects to the movie because it has swear words in English and Urdu, and contains the words Taliban and lesbian. Scenes showing characters drinking fake alcohol for the filming, incidentally and a joke about beards as in, my beard is longer than your beard made between characters talking hypothetically about a fancy dress party. These are not the CBFCs only objections, but the main ones its highlighted. The CBFC have also stated that, even if all cuts are made as demanded, the film would still receive a restrictive adultsonlyrating.In a press release, director Hammad Khan stated The censor boards verdict is oppressive, arbitrary and steeped in denial about life outside their government offices. Maybe the establishments view is that young Pakistanis saying words like Taliban and Lesbian represent a more potent threat than the bullets and bombs that are, day by day, finding increasing legitimacy in the country. ........

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