Open AccessWhy I made ‘Death of a Princess’
Author(s) -
Anthony Thomas
Publication year - 1980
Publication title -
index on censorship
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.11
H-Index - 9
eISSN - 1746-6067
pISSN - 0306-4220
DOI - 10.1080/03064228008533105
Subject(s) - islam , politics , law , political science , documentary film , media studies , ancient history , history , economic history , sociology , archaeology
The dramatised documentary Death of a Princess, first shown on British television on 9 April, caused a political and diplomatic storm, with Saudi Arabian protests leading to the expulsion of the British Ambassador from Jeddah and to strenuous efforts by official and business representatives to prevent the film being screened in a number of other countries. In this interview with John Bonus, a writer on Middle East affairs, Anthony Thomas Princess and rebuts Saudi charges that his film was ‘anti-Islamic’. Q. What gave you the idea of making the film in the first place?