Friday, March 16, 2012

Church prevents record selling film to be shown in Dubrovnik

 "Despite record ticket sales in cinemas across Croatia to see the Serbian directed film Parada, citizens in the southern Dalmatian city of Dubrovnik are unable to watch the film because of the church's stance on its themes.
Parada, which deals with gay rights issues in Serbia and features footage of the 2010 Belgrade gay pride parade, has been watched by more that 150,000 people in Croatia. With renovations taking place at cinema Sloboda, currently the only cinema open in town is one which belongs to the Diocese of Dubrovnik.
The Diocese have explained that the film Parade would not be shown at its cinema for many reasons, the homosexual theme in the movie is one of them. The Church says it does not ban the film, just that they do not want to show it in their space.
Until cinema Sloboda re-opens, the public in Dubrovnik will not be able to watch the film, reports Croatian radio television."
Croatian Times Online News

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2 comments:

parlance said...

Why would a church own a cinema? Strange. It seems to be unsuitable for a church to do so.

Slavenka said...

Due to the renovation of the cinema Sloboda which has temporarily relocated in the hall of Visia, the area managed by the Diocese of Dubrovnik.