INDIAN STUDENTS EXPELLED FOR MAKING GAY FILM 01 May 2007
http://www.gcn.ie/content/templates/newsupdate.aspx?articleid=2131 <http://www.gcn.ie/content/templates/newsupdate.aspx?articleid=2131&zoneid=4 > &zoneid=4 India.jpg A Christian college in India has expelled five students for making a five-minute short film that explores gay themes and features partial male nudity. The short film, titled 'Secret Minds', outraged the authorities of St Joseph's College of Communications at Changanassery in the district of Kottayam in the Indian state of Kerala. "We teach modern technology and so we are generally open to new ideas. But this film was outrageously indecent," a senior teacher at the college told New India Press. The College authorities decided on the drastic course of action after watching the short film twice and after finding the students' reasons for making the film 'unconvincing'. They said that the students had misused the campus and the hostel premises for the shoot and took strong exception to the 'nude act' of the performers. The film, acted by four BA (multimedia) students and directed by an MA (film and TV) student of the college, was made for a competition in an inter-college short film festival. One of the students said that in making the film they had functioned well within the limits of the creative freedom granted to them by the very nature of the course. He said that the actors had appeared 'partially nude' as it was required by the script. He argued that the film was not intended for public viewing. "The film was targeted at the festival crowd. At festivals, only creativity matters and issues of morality are swept aside," he said. The move comes just weeks after three Indian states banned sex education in schools. gb <http://groups.yahoo.com/group/gay_bombay> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/gay_bombay <http://groups.google.com/group/Gaybombay> http://groups.google.com/group/Gaybombay Website: <http://www.gaybombay.in/> www.gaybombay.in Email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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