Underplayed Gems

Final Solution (2003)

Final Solution poster
Directed by
Rakesh Sharma
Genre
documentary film
Country
India
Runtime
2h 29m
Rating
8.0 of 10 from 6 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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This documentary focuses on the 2002 violence in Gujarat, India, where hundreds of people were killed. Through interviews with survivors from both Hindu and Muslim communities, it explores conflicting accounts of the events and raises questions about whether the violence was planned.

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What happens

Final Solution a documentary film directed by Rakesh Sharma concerning the 2002 Gujarat violence in the state of Gujarat in which 254 Hindus and 790 Muslims were killed. Hindu right-wing organizations and mobs perpetrated the anti-Muslim violence, which occurred after the deaths of 70 Hindu pilgrims in the Godhra train burning on 27 February 2002. But as the film proceeds with victims continuing to come forward and share their experiences, a more unsettling possibility seems to emerge-that far from being a spontaneous expression of outrage, the makers of the film claim that the violence had been carefully coordinated and planned. An official estimate states that 254 Hindus and 790 Muslims were killed during the violence, with 223 more missing and rendering more than 100,000 Muslims refugees. The documentary consists mostly of interviews with both Muslims and Hindus, of multiple generations and both sexes, with different views regarding the causes, justifications, and the actual events of the violence that occurred, as well as their prospects for the future. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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