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The only thing that is an appropriate response to what happened, the injustice of it, the waste of it, the tragedy of it, is to make the film.
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The speaker presents making the film as the fitting response to an event marked by injustice, waste, and tragedy. The film is not described as an escape from what happened, but as the action that answers it most appropriately. Creating it gives those painful facts a direct and purposeful form.
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- World Socialist Web Site interview with Deepa Mehta
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