Singapore censor bans 4 films at film fest

Singapore censor bans 4 films at film fest: Singapore's censors have banned four documentary films from a movie festival for portrayals of terrorism, depicting gay Muslims, and excessive scenes of sado-masochism, a newspaper reported on Saturday. Two movies 'Arabs And Terrorism' and 'David The Tolhildan,' were 'disallowed on account of their sympathetic portrayal of organizations deemed terrorist organizations by many countries,' Amy Chua, chairman of the Board of Film Censors, told the pro-government Straits Times. The event website www.filmfest.org.sg describes the 135-minute "Arabs And Terrorism" as a series of interviews with academics, U.S. policymakers and Middle Eastern political factions and their conflicting views of terrorism. "David The Tolhildan" depicts the life of Swiss national David Rouiller who leaves home to join the militant Kurdish Workers' Party, while "In A Jihad For Love" includes interviews with gays and lesbians in Muslim communities. Bakushi, the fourth film that was banned, is a documentary on the practice of kinbaku, a Japanese form of sexual bondage which involves tying up women in elaborate rope patterns.

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