May 10, 2012
Release Date

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Forbidden Voices (2012)

Name: Forbidden Voices
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2012-05-10

May 10, 2012
Release Date

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Plot.

Their voices are suppressed, prohibited and censored. But Yoani Sánchez, Zeng Jinyan and Farnaz Seifi are not frightened of their dictatorial regimes. These fearless women stand for a new, networked generation of modern resistance fighters. In Cuba, China and Iran their blogs shake the foundations of the state information monopoly - putting their lives at risk thereby.

Where to Watch.

Free

Currently Forbidden Voices is available for streaming online, rent, buy or watch for free on: Kanopy

Streaming in:
🇺🇸 United States

Cast & Crew.

Yoani Sánchez

Herself

Barbara Miller

Director

Zeng Jinyan

Self

Andy García

Self

Philip Delaquis

Producer

Marcel Vaid

Composer

Adrian Cranage

Cinematographer

Peter Indergand

Cinematographer

Details.

Release Date
May 10, 2012

Status
Released

Genres
Documentary

Last updated: 2025-02-15

Wiki.

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.