Submission: Part I (2004) (TV)

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 | Koran | Islam | Human Rights | Women's Rights

Directed by
Theo van Gogh

Writing credits
Ayaan Hirsi Ali		(scenario)
Theo van Gogh		writer

Produced by
Ayaan Hirsi Ali	....	producer
Theo van Gogh	....	producer

Film Editing by
Theo van Gogh

Distributors

• Vrijzinnig Protestantse Radio Omroep (VPRO) (2004) (Netherlands) (TV)

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The co-producer of Van Gogh's Column Productions has withdrawn the film from distribution and refused to give anyone permission to screen it.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

open mindedness

It's actually funny how some people here ( Muslims ) go all out against this movie for all the wrong reasons. This movie is about how some men abuse their religion. Not about how the religion abuses women. This problem exists in all religions because some people are just plain bad people, whether they are Muslims or not. This short movie was made to address that specific problem. In the 80's/90's there were a lot of movies about Christian ( or at least white ) women being raped of abused. At the time people didn't say ..."ohhh all Christian men abuse women". NOR should they say that no one does this. The same goes about this movie. I work around a lot of Muslims and yes i find it a very honourable religion but there are always people that don't allow their woman to talk and other strict rules. So why do people here overreact? Because people think their religion is flawless and every Muslim is a good Muslim... and that was what this movie was made for, to show people CAN be bad too in any religion, but no one dared to say it because of fear of being called a racist. He dared ( even though he did go a bit too far sometimes) and paid the price for it. Try to keep an open mind en learn from the movie.