Movies About

Numerous documentary films on Taslima were made in different countries. The most recent one is Fearless.

A MOVIE ABOUT TASLIMA - many actually have been made, but following is one that premiered this year, 2003

FEARLESS: STORIES FROM ASIAN WOMEN

"THE PRICE OF FREEDOM"

Australia - U.S. Premiere

27 mins. Arclight Cinemas, 3:00 pm, Oct. 17, 2003, Friday.
In 1994, a young poet from rural Bangladesh plunged the country into a wave of general strikes and mass protest. Her crime: to write her thoughts about how religious fundamentalism has consigned women to a secondary role in modern society. For her outspokenness, the nation's religious leaders issued a fatwa against her, putting a price on her head. This is the story of Taslima Nasrin, now living in exile in Sweden, and how she continues to rail against the forces of oppression despite attempts to silence her.

Directors: Mathew Kelley, Peter DuCane
Writer: Mathew Kelley
Producers: Samantha Kelley, Peter DuCane

frank-wehmeyers page

TASLIMA NASREEN, VOYAGE EN FRANCE de Frédéric Laffont documentaire 1995 couleur 51min

Shackled Women: Abuses Of A Patriarchal World
[VHS 1568] 1999 Films for the Humanities & Sciences
1/2" video Color 1 cass., 41 min.
Assesses second- and third-world abuses of women's rights by the male establishment and examines how female collaboration sometimes contributes to their perpetuation. Feminist Taslima Nasreen and others speak out on topics such as dowry deaths, female circumcision, the Islamic zina law, the rigors of hijab, and child prostitution.
Subjects: Women's Studies

Women In Bangladesh: Taslima Nasreen

Color. 23 minutes; 1995. Women in Bangladesh: Taslima Nasreen, produced by Journeyman Pictures, presents an

interview with Taslima Nasreen, a writer who has called for more freedom for the women of Bangladesh and

consequently now has a fatwa issued for her arrest and/or death.

Magoria

The Goddess in you Taslima, tribute to Taslima Nasrin.

Magoria was born in Stockholm in 1967. She first appeared on record in the mid nineties, and her music of that time was club and house music. She started with tree singles Mutoid Waste, Cosmic Trigger and Green Tambourine. In late '94 she released her 4:th single The Goddess in you Taslima tributed to Taslima Nasrin, a Bangladeshi feminist writer who fled to Sweden the same year. She started to work with the Swedish synth/instrumental artist Pelle Händen (Astral Dance) in Stockholm around 1996 and in '98 Magoria released the single Angels and later the album The Divine Child arrived. That album had a style reminding of both Madonna and her Ray of light-album and of the solo albums of Annie Lennox. The album sold gold in Russia. And right now Magoria is recording her next album.

ZEBDA

A famous south western French group called Zebda from Toulouse did a song called "Taslima et les Tisserands"... (you can listen to the music in the band's website, in the album "Le bruit et l'odeur")

"Taslima... Taslima don't worry... Taslima... Taslima don't worry"

LeBruit et L'Odeur - Taslima

Episode For Taslima Nasrin, Dave Douglas

Dave Douglas

Episode for Taslima Nasrin (from the album "Witness") : "Angered by a newspaper article on the rising fortunes of weapon makers during the NATO war on Yugoslavia, I decided to write music celebrating positive protest against the misuse of money and power. Each piece is inspired by and dedicated to artists and activists who have creatively challenged authority, sometimes endangering their own lives, but inspiring the rest of us to resist." -- Dave Douglas, May 2001. Listen (Real Audio)

Karin Clercq

Finally, the hidden track “Taslima” is a tribute to Taslima Nasreen, Bangladeshi journalist and novelist who dared lift the veil of women’s position in society in some Muslim countries.