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Title:

Of Fatwas and beauty queens / produced and distributed by The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation ; written by Carol Off ; produced by Alex Shprintsen.

Publisher:

Filmakers Library,

Copyright Date:

2004?

Description:

1 videocassette (48 min.) : sound, color ; 1/2 in.

Subject:

Fatwas--Nigeria.
Beauty contests--Nigeria.
Islam--Christianity.--Christianity.
Christianity and other religions--Islam.
Riots--Nigeria--History\y20th century.

Other Authors:

Off, Carol. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n2006089386
Shprintsen, Alex.
Daniel, Isioma. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2008121900
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n80085267
Filmakers Library, inc. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n50029346

Notes:

Isioma Daniel, Salman Rushdie, Ken Wiwa, Judy Bachrach, Lynsey Bennett. Originally produced as a documentary in 2004.

Summary:

" ... Focuses on 21-year-old Isioma Daniel, who was enjoying her first job as a journalist when a single sentence spun her life and her country into chaos. Nigeria was hosting the Miss World pageant and Daniel was assigned to cover it. But a few words in one article considered heresy by Nigeria's mullahs sparked riots that turned Muslims against Christians in bloody rampages that killed hundreds of people and destroyed dozens of villages. Before the dust settled, the pageant had been cancelled, the beauty queens had fled, and Daniel had escaped into exile with a "fatwa" issued against her life. [This documentary] also features Salman Rushdie, Nigerian-Canadian writer Ken Wiwa, Judy Bachrach of Vanity Fair, and the former Miss Canada, Lynsey Bennett." -- Publisher's Website.

OCLC:

(OCoLC)70720045

Locations:

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)