The Last War Crime movie: Censorship Action Alert

The Last War Crime movie
















A MESSAGE FROM THE PEN

Last week we were stunned to receive an email from YouTube.com, that they had preemptively censored one of our preview clips from the upcoming feature film, "The Last War Crime". The notice didn't give a specific reason and provided no avenue for appeal.
Then we tried to log onto our YouTube page and were confronted with this notice, accusing the clip of containing nudity.

Of course it does NOT! The actor playing the detainee wore a swimmer's style bathing suit the entire time, and we positioned the female interrogator character so that view of his midriff was blocked entirely in any case. And if they are complaining this scene is sexually suggestive, they need to ban half the rest of the movies on their site.

In point of fact, the purpose of this scene is to CONDEMN the practice of waterboarding, long recognized to be a form of torture unequivocally. And in particular, we wanted to remind everyone that the sexual taunting of helpless and mostly innocent captives in places like Abu Ghraib was a deliberate part of a de facto program to degrade people in violation of the Geneva Conventions.

Shame on YouTube for censoring this clip, which we believe, and we think you will agree, is part of an important cultural and artistic statement of social commentary. And shame on them further for doing so in such a summary and authoritarian manner, with no provision anywhere to challenge this outrageously wrongful act of unilateral censorship.

Please submit the form to the right, which will send your message of protest to YouTube, and you can add any personal comments of your own you like. And we'll see you in real theatres real soon for the world premiere of the movie with the courage to speak these truths, "The Last War Crime".


The Pen (writer, director)

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PENDING FILM FESTIVAL SUBMISSIONS

Santa Barbara Int'l Film Festival
Cinequest Film Festival
Ann Arbor Film Festival
SXSW (South By Southwest)
Cleveland Int'l Film Festival
Tribeca Film Festival
San Francisco Int'l Film Festival

Please note: a submission is no assurance that a submitted film will be selected for competition by a particular film festival. Watch this space for future announcements.






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WATCH THE VIDEO YOUTUBE CENSORED, AND SUBMIT A PROTEST TO THEM ABOUT IT!








See for yourself the waterboarding scene from the soon to be released full-length feature film, "The Last War Crime" . . .


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