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THE 10 CONDITIONS OF LOVE - ONE EXCLUSIVE SCREENING
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This is the film China tried to ban when it was included in the 2009 Melbourne Film Festival Program - and the film ABC TV deleted from its December 2009 schedule. The film follows the personal and political struggle of Rebiya Kadeer, regarded as the most galvanizing leader of the Uyghur people of East Turkestan in 60 years. The Uyghur are China's Muslim minority. She was married off at 14 to a Communist Party member, a bank clerk, had 6 children - and idolized the young resistance fighters who were routinely imprisoned and/or executed. Divorce was inevitable and she lost custody of her children. Broke and alone, she began doing other people's washing and soon started a business, which grew. She needed a partner to help her crusade for her people, and she laid out 10 conditions the man must meet. Friends suggested someone recently released from nine years jail for protesting against China. She found Sidik Rouzi in a distant village. Rebiya's business acumen made her rich - but not a willing puppet for the Chinese Government. She was jailed for her resistance and spent three years of six in solitary. She now lives in exile in the United States (as does her daughter Ray), where she is gaining influential friends and media coverage to help her campaign for her people's human rights. As a result, her other children have been imprisoned in China. (The film is now available on DVD exclusively at Borders stores.)
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| Prizes |
| Win one of 10 double passes to the once-only Sydney cinema screening of The Conditions of Love at the Chauvel, Paddington, on Saturday March 20, 2010 at 6.30pm followed by a Q&A with director Jeff Daniels and producer John Lewis, moderated by Andrew L. Urban. [Standard Tickets $17/$12 from the Chauvel.] |
| Conditions of Entry |
| 1. The competition closes at Midnight on Saturday, March 13, 2010 2. Winners will be notified by email and their names will be listed on the door. 3. Only one entry may be lodged per email address (only the first received entry will be valid if there is more than one entry per email address). 4. Employees of Urban Cinefile Pty Ltd and of companies providing the prizes are not eligible to enter. 5. Entries will be judged by representatives of Urban Cinefile Pty Ltd. 6. The Judges' decision is final and no correspondence will be entered into. |
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