National film board to make final decision on 'Macbeth' next week
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The National Board of Film and Video will make a final decision on April 25 on whether it should allow the controversial film "Shakespeare Must Die" to hit the big screen, Culture Minister Sukumol Kunplome said Tuesday.
The Film and Video Censorship Board, chaired by Pol MajGeneral Anek Samplang, had decided to ban commercial release on grounds that the film, an adaptation of Shakespeare’s “Macbeth” directed by Manit Sriwanichpoom, might cause disunity among Thais.
The ban was based on 2009 Article 7 (3) related to the type of films and the 2008 Thai Film Act.
The Nation
