Forbidden Voices

Forbidden Voices
Directed by Barbara Miller
Produced by Philip Delaquis; Das Kollektiv für audiovisuelle Werke GmbH
Written by Barbara Miller
Starring Yoani Sánchez, Zeng Jinyan, Farnaz Seifi, Lucie Morillon (Reporters without Borders)
Music by Marcel Vaid
Cinematography Peter Indergand & Peter Indergand
Edited by Andreas Winterstein
Distributed by Das Kollektiv für audiovisuelle Werke GmbH (world rights), Filmcoopi Zürich (Switzerland) and Women Make Movies (USA & Canada)
Release dates
May 2012
Running time
96 min.
Country Switzerland
Language English, Spanish, Chinese, Farsi, French

Forbidden Voices is a documentary film by director Barbara Miller about the fight for Human Rights and Freedom of Speech of three female bloggers: Yoani Sánchez from Cuba, Zeng Jinyan from China and Farnaz Seifi from Iran.

The film Forbidden Voices explores the motivation and goals of the online activists’ struggle and traces the consequences and political repressions the three women are facing for their courageous activism. The documentary won the Amnesty International Award 2013 and the WACC SIGNIS Human Rights Award 2012, and was nominated for the Swiss Film Award and the Prix de Soleure in 2013.

The Film: Internet censorship and repression

Forbidden Voices describes how Internet access in Cuba is still prohibited for the average citizen, and Internet censorship in China and Internet access in Iran are very harsh, the blogs of the three protagonists are censored, blocked or even shut-down by their governments. Seen by their governments as dissidents the bloggers are often under surveillance and facing harsh repressions. Yoani Sánchez has been beaten and arrested, as well as publicly defamed on Cuban State TV for fighting for Human Rights in Cuba;[1][2][3][4] Zeng Jinyan lived for years with her husband Hu Jia (Activist) and her new born daughter under house arrest in Beijing for their fight for Human Rights in China;[5][6][7] and Farnaz Seifi has been arrested for her fight for Gender Equality in Iran and forced in to exile.[8][9][10]

Premier and Awards

The award-winning documentary Forbidden Voices premiered at the 2012 Visions du Réel Film Festival in Nyon, Switzerland and had its International Premiere at IDFA, The International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam.

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