An Independent Mind / 2008
How does a cartoonist confront the threat of imprisonment for caricaturing the president? How does a musician deal with exile for performing a song? How does a comedian survive being sent to a labor camp for telling a joke? How does a poet endure the impact of being tortured?
AN INDEPENDENT MIND
A film by Rex Bloomstein
These are some of the stories you will encounter in AN INDEPENDENT MIND, a unique feature-length documentary inspired by one of the most fundamental and controversial of human rights: Freedom of Expression.
Enshrined in Article 19 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, freedom of expression is one of the most fundamental rights of all. It is the very cornerstone of democracy and underpins the values of any ‘free’ society.
But with the emergence of new threats that challenge the balance between the security of the state and the freedom of the individual, it is increasingly coming under attack.
AN INDEPENDENT MIND is a 90 minute documentary which is scheduled to be broadcast in the UK on More4 in the Autumn. The film has also been submitted to various film festivals worldwide and, we hope, will achieve a limited UK theatrical release as well as international TV sales. But it is also our ambition that the film will be used as a powerful catalyst for debate in this special year of the 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.