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struggle4progress Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-10-06 10:14 PM
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Indian film-maker sues New York
Rakesh Sharma was shooting footage for a film on New York taxi drivers in May 2005 when officers stopped him ...

According to his lawsuit he was held by police and "searched and harassed" before being told he needed a permit.

Mr Sharma won several awards for his 2002 documentary Final Solution, which looked at religious rioting in the Indian state of Gujarat.

Mr Sharma returned to New York last November and applied for a permit to film but was denied permission ...

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/4600886.stm
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