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With one page roughly equalling a minute of screen time, he said the attacks “would play out basically in real time”. Fifteen deaths would be shown in graphic detail, he said, and while the film would avoid showing the gunman directly, the script hinted he would be shown in ominous silhouette, accompanied by a “discordant, foreboding” sound.
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Zaid Mustafa speaks to media at Christchurch Hospital following the attack at the Al Noor Mosque. Zaid lost his brother and father during the shooting. Salwa Mohamad, right, listens to her son speak. Salwa Mohamad, who had already survived a Jordanian refugee camp while fleeing civil war in Syria, lost her husband Khaled Mustafa, a farrier, and 16-year-old son Hamza, a student at Cashmere High School.
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Former president of the Federation of Islamic Associations of New Zealand Hazim Arafeh speaks about the outrage and concern among the Muslim community. “It is completely unethical and immoral to try to make a movie about such a heinous crime,” Arafeh said. “Regardless of all the discomfort, it could still go ahead. But at least we raised awareness and told people we are completely appalled by this movie.” He said he’d spoken to a lot of Muslim people around New Zealand, and he did not find a single person in agreement with the film. Kiwi Andrew Niccol wrote the film and will be its director, but Philippa Campbell, a producer who was working on the film, has resigned in response to the outrage.
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