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Release Date:
March 18, 2020
Original Title:
Meet the Censors
Alternate Titles:
Censur på gott och ont
Møt sensorene
Genres:
Documentary
Production Companies:
Medieoperatørene
Production Countries:
Norway
Ratings / Certifications:
PL: 18
Runtime: 99
From a Kafkaesque office for social media in Germany and on to Sudan, and to conversations with an Iranian Ayatollah, an Indian film censor and critical journalists in China. The Norwegian Håvard Fossum has travelled the world to understand what censorship is, and how censors work, both in theory and in practice.
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Assistant Editor:
Bjørn Straumsnes
Co-Producer:
Malene Flindt Pedersen
Markku Tuurna
Olivia Sophie van Leeuwen
Color Grading:
Håvard Fossum
Director:
Håvard Fossum
Director of Photography:
Egil Håskjold Larsen
Odd Reinhardt Nicolaysen
Editor:
Anders Villadsen
Online Editor:
Håvard Fossum
Producer:
Ingvil Giske
Sound Designer:
Marc Lizier
Sound Editor:
Andel Rongen
Paul Gies
Sound Re-Recording Mixer:
Marc Lizier
Sound Recordist:
Håvard Fossum
Writer:
Håvard Fossum
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