Submission: Part I (2004) (TV)

User Rating:

6.1/10   

Director:

Theo van Gogh

Writers:

Ayaan Hirsi Ali (scenario) and
Theo van Gogh (writer)

Release Date:

29 August 2004 (Netherlands)

Genre:

Short | Drama

Plot:

Short film on the mistreatment of women in the Islam. It shows abused women, with Koran texts on their bodies that validate their mistreatment. |

Plot Keywords:

Mistreatment | Islam | Koran | Navel | Male Female Relationship

Runtime:

12 min

Country:

Netherlands

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Trivia:

The co-producer of Van Gogh's Column Productions has withdrawn the film from distribution and refused to give anyone permission to screen it.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "The O'Reilly Factor: (2008-01-25)" (2008)

Understand and then speak

A lot of muslims were offended by this movie. But it is not about the Islam in general. Van Gogh was not a Islam hater or a racist. Read his books. He was a provoker and he was an atheist with a sharp tongue and a advocate for freedom of speech but that was it. He was a clown but he sometimes overdid his act so a lot of people were offended. He did offend people, don't get me wrong. But I found a lot of his pieces amusing and I think he wanted people to see the relativity in things.

In this movie is not show how bad the Islam is, but how men can use the Islam as an excuse for their deeds. That is what Ali en Van Gogh were fighting for and don't give me that crap about the somalic background of Ali. It still surprises me how many people just don't see this and still think they wanted to offend a complete religion. It is just like how Ali said herself. She said something like that no matter how you formulate, when it comes to Islam (or any religion) they will always find it offensive.