Deepa Mehta

[Denis Salter]

Dear Colleagues,

Deepa Mehta's next film is called Exclusion and is, in her words, "a true story and is about a group of Indians-Sikhs, Hindus and Muslims-who attempted to immigrate to Canada. They arrived in 1914 travelling on a Japanese coal ship called the Kamagata Maru but like many before them were barred by the racist immigration policies. They then mounted a legal action to try and get asylum. It lasted two months, they lost and they were sent back to India.
"When they disembarked at Calcutta the British army opened fire and killed most of them. One of the survivors eventually went back to Canada and shot an immigration officer responsible for barring the group. It's an incredible story."  Source: http://www.wsws.org/articles/2006/may2006/deep-m15.shtml




--Denis Salter.

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"In 2005, the world . . . pass[ed] the trillion-dollar mark in the expenditure, annually, on arms. We're fighting for $50 billion annually for foreign aid for Africa: the military total outstrips human need by 20 to 1. Can someone please explain to me our contemporary balance of values?"--Stephen Lewis.  
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"To celebrate this award, and the work it recognizes of those around the world, let me recall the words of Gandhi: 'My life is my message.' Also, plant a tree."  Wangari Maathai, winner of the 2004 Nobel Prize for Peace.

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Denis Salter
Professor of Theatre
McGill University
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