December 26 Update: The judge who ordered El Inca to be pulled from theatres has postponed further court hearings on the matter until he and everybody involved in the case have watched the film.
According to the producers of the Venezuelan boxing biopic, Monday’s (26) ruling effectively means Venezuelan judge Salvador Mata García suspended the theatrical run without having seen the film, adding fuel to her claims that the move flies in the face of constitutional safeguards against censorship.
Furthermore producer Nathalie Sar-Shalom of Pa’ Los Panas Producciones told Screen García relied upon submissions by the family of boxing legend Edwin ‘El Inca’ Valero, who it appears may not have seen the film either, despite claiming it violates their honour and right to privacy.
Lawyers on behalf of Pa’ Los Panas on Monday asked the judge to overturn his earlier ruling and acknowledge that the Venezuelan constitution protects free speech. García is expected to respond in the coming...
According to the producers of the Venezuelan boxing biopic, Monday’s (26) ruling effectively means Venezuelan judge Salvador Mata García suspended the theatrical run without having seen the film, adding fuel to her claims that the move flies in the face of constitutional safeguards against censorship.
Furthermore producer Nathalie Sar-Shalom of Pa’ Los Panas Producciones told Screen García relied upon submissions by the family of boxing legend Edwin ‘El Inca’ Valero, who it appears may not have seen the film either, despite claiming it violates their honour and right to privacy.
Lawyers on behalf of Pa’ Los Panas on Monday asked the judge to overturn his earlier ruling and acknowledge that the Venezuelan constitution protects free speech. García is expected to respond in the coming...
- 12/23/2016
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Figures from the local industry have got behind a boxing biopic that the producer claims is the first Venezuelan film to be pulled from screens in 25 years.
Last week Venezuelan judge Salvador Mata García ordered El Inca be suspended from cinemas after nearly three weeks of release following a complaint by family members of the late Edwin ‘El Inca’ Valero that the film violated their honour and right to privacy.
The preliminary ruling confiscated the master Dcp and all copies of the film. El Inca producer Nathalie Sar-Shalom of Pa’ Los Panas Producciones, who will appear in court on Monday (26) to contest the ruling, told Screen the decision “put in jeopardy the core of what the industry is about”.
El Inca recounts the life story of Valero, the gifted Venezuelan former Wbc super featherweight and lightweight world champion who won every fight of his professional career by knockout.
Yet Valero’s life was blighted by person demons...
Last week Venezuelan judge Salvador Mata García ordered El Inca be suspended from cinemas after nearly three weeks of release following a complaint by family members of the late Edwin ‘El Inca’ Valero that the film violated their honour and right to privacy.
The preliminary ruling confiscated the master Dcp and all copies of the film. El Inca producer Nathalie Sar-Shalom of Pa’ Los Panas Producciones, who will appear in court on Monday (26) to contest the ruling, told Screen the decision “put in jeopardy the core of what the industry is about”.
El Inca recounts the life story of Valero, the gifted Venezuelan former Wbc super featherweight and lightweight world champion who won every fight of his professional career by knockout.
Yet Valero’s life was blighted by person demons...
- 12/23/2016
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
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