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{{Infobox film<br />
|name = Naga Story: The Other Side of Silence<br />
|image = Naga Story.jpg<br />
|caption = Promotional poster<br />
|director = [[Gopal Menon]]<br />
|producer = {{ubl|[[Other Media Communications]]<ref>[http://www.othermediacommunications.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=62&Itemid=149 Producer's WebPage about this film]</ref>|[[Deenadayalan]]}}<br />
|screenplay = [[Gopal Menon]]<br />
|cinematography = {{ubl|[[Rajeev Ravi]]|[[Gopal Menon]]}}<br />
|editing = [[B. Ajithkumar]]<br />
|music = [[Chandran Veyattummal]]<br />
|released = 2003<br />
|runtime = 64 minutes<br />
|country = India<br />
|language = Nagamese, Manipuri, English and 14 Naga languages with English subtitles<br />
|budget = <br />
|gross = <br />
}}<br />
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'''''Naga Story: The Other Side of Silence''''' is a 2003 documentary film by Indian film maker [[Gopal Menon]].<ref>[http://www.hinduonnet.com/mag/2002/06/02/stories/2002060200290500.htm Action Packed Life]:Interview with Gopal Menon in The Hindu</ref> The film provides an introduction to the history of the Struggle by [[Naga people]] in [[North-East India|North- East]] frontier of the [[Indian subcontinent]], and documents the [[Human rights|human rights abuses]] suffered by the [[Naga people]] in more than [[History of the Republic of India|50 years of the existence of Independent India]].<ref>[http://www.asiansinmedia.org/news/article.php/television/764 Festival of Indian political documentaries] Retrieved on 30 March 2011</ref> The Naga political struggle is one of the oldest [[Ethnic nationalism|nationality movements]] in [[South Asia]], continuing till present times. This film, which took 5 years to complete, is the first comprehensive film about the Naga struggle for identity, peace, and [[justice]].<ref>[http://www.nordis.net/?p=15 Nordis Weekly Archives] Retrieved on 30 March 2011</ref><br />
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This film is the Winner of the "Spirit of the [[Himalayas]]" First Prize at [[The Kingdom of the Netherlands|Netherlands]] Himalayas Film Festival, [[Amsterdam]], 2004.<ref>[http://www.agimat.net/film/e071205.htm KONTRA-AGOS Resistance Film Festival] Retrieved on 30 March 2011</ref> This Film is withdrawn from [[Mumbai International Film Festival]] 2004 by Film Makers along with 6 other films as part of the [[Campaign Against Censorship]] by Indian filmmakers and screened at the Protest film festival [[Vikalp]]<ref>[http://www.hardnewsmedia.com/2010/03/3492 Miffed by Miff:Hard news] Retrieved on 30 March 2011</ref><ref>[https://mail.sarai.net/pipermail/commons-law/2004-January/000538.html Documentrary Film Makers against censorship] Accessed on 30 March 2011</ref><br />
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==Festivals==<br />
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* Telluride Mountain Film Festival, USA<br />
* Banff Mountain Film Festival, Canada<br />
* The Netherlands Himalayas Filmfestival 2004, Amsterdam<ref>[http://members.quicknet.nl/frank.duijn/Krant.pdf Himalayas Filmfestival, Amsterdam]</ref><br />
* [[Vikalp|Vikalp: Films for Freedom]] 2004<ref>[http://www.prakritifoundation.com/events04/vikalp/films.html ViKalp 2004 Films list] Retrieved on 30 March 2011</ref><br />
* Celebrating Resistances: Peoples Action Week Film Festival 2005<ref>[http://insafindia.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/celebrating-resistances.htm Celebrating Resistances: Peoples Action Week Film Festival 2005 - INSAF India]</ref><br />
* Signs 2005<br />
* Cochin International Film Festival – 2005<br />
* Kontra Agos:Resistance Film Festival 2007, Ortigas<ref>[http://www.agimat.net/film/e071205.htm KONTRA-AGOS Resistance Film Festival] Retrieved on 30 March 2011</ref><br />
* Nepal International Indigenous Film Festival 2010<ref>[http://ifanepal.org.np/archive/niiff-2010.html Nepal International Indigenous Film Festival 2010]</ref><br />
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===Accolades===<br />
*The Netherlands Himalayas Film Festival 2004: "Spirit of the Himalayas" First Prize<br />
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==See also==<br />
* [[Indian general election, 2014 (Nagaland)]]<br />
* [[Insurgency in Northeast India]]<br />
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== References ==<br />
{{Reflist}}<br />
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==External links==<br />
* [http://www.cultureunplugged.com/play/4611/Naga-Story--The-Other-Side-of-Silence Watch Film] in cultureunplugged.com<br />
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==Further reading==<br />
*[http://www.angelfire.com/nm/nagalim/naga_str.htm The Naga struggle for sovereignty:It's past and probable future] Seminar paper presented to the National Seminar on Peace, Non-violence and National Interest, 26-28 July 1999, Xavier Pfokhrehe Mao (Lecturer, Dept. Of Philosophy, NEHU, Shillong,India) <br />
*[http://www.dspace.cam.ac.uk/bitstream/1810/229193/2/pdsa_01_02_04.pdf Naga Resistance Movement and the Peace Process in Northeastern India] article ''Peace and Democracy in South East Asia'' Volume 1, Issue 2, 2005. H.Srikanth and C.J.Thomas <br />
* [http://www.iwgia.org/iwgia_files_publications_files/naga.pdf Naga- A People Struggling for Self Determination] International Working Group for Indigenous Affairs <br />
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