Deepa Mehta

[Moira Day]

And of course, the basis of Sharon Pollock's early play, The Kamgata Maru
Incident.

Moira

Quoting Denis Salter <denis.salter at MCGILL.CA>:

> 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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