NP: Documentary 'Sacrifice' launched on Youtube

February 17, 2010

*Documentary 'Sacrifice' Launched on Youtube*

UK filmmaker Tassia Kobylinska from Roving Eye Film produced the

documentary 'Sacrifice' which deals with the mass animal sacrifices that

took place at Gadhimai festival in Nepal in November 2009. The Animal

Welfare Network Nepal will be using the documentary as a tool in its 5-year

campaign against sacrifice and cruel sports in Nepal.

Kobylinska made the film freely available to support the campaign. Please

add the link to your website and/or download it to show to your connections:

URL:

Kobylinska also prepared a slightly longer version which required a warning

message as it includes images of animals being slaughered. This documentary

is more suitable for audiences that are yet unconvinced that animal

sacrifice involves cruelty:

URL:

*Filmmaker's statement: *

*As a documentary filmmaker based in Nepal, I find the incredible visuals

and fascinating stories behind the many festivals here make wonderful

subjects for films. But the Gadhimai festival, with its mass sacrifice of

animals, I found utterly depressing, upsetting and pointlessly brutal.

Bibi Fuyal and I, as part of Roving Eye Film, had great difficulties taking

the footage and editing the film as it is painful to witness such suffering.

We are keen to contribute to the campaign against cruelty conducted in the

name of religion, and hope 'Sacrifice' will help to stop the senseless

killings of innocent beings. *

Links:

*Animal Welfare Network Nepal*

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