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Film

Shadow of the Holy Book

Arto Halonen, Finland, 2007

90 min.Documentary

The film investigates the morality of international companies and the dictatorship of oil and-gas-rich Turkmenistan. These companies help give the dictatorship the propaganda support that it needs to survive. Turkmenistan's dictator, Saparmurat Niyazov, has written a ludicrous book: the Ruhnama, the Book of the Soul, a key tool in the government's subjugation of human rights and free speech. Yet many international companies give their clandestine support to the Ruhnama and help suppress the country's voices of opposition and dissidence - in return for multimillion-dollar business deals.
Basic information Credits
Original title Shadow of the Holy Book
Danish title Shadow of the Holy Book
Director Arto Halonen
Screenplay Arto Halonen, Kevin Frazier
Producer Arto Halonen
Director of Photography Hannu Vitikainen, Arto Halonen
Editor Samu Heikkilä
Sound Martti Turunen, Samu Heikkilä
Composer Timo Peltola
Appearance Arto Halonen, Kevin Frazier, Ruslan Tuhbatullin, Farid Tuhbatullin
Production country Finland, Denmark, Switzerland, Germany
Technical info color
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Companies

Production company Art Films production AFP Ltd
Co-production Dschoint Ventschr Filmproduktion AG, Kamoli Films
With support from Finnish Film Foundation, AVEK, The Promotion Centre for Audiovisual Culture in Finland, Nordisk Film & TV Fond, Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland, MEDIA (EU)
In collaboration with ITVS, YLE TV2 Documentaries, TV2 Danmark, Schweizer Fernsehen, Télévision Suisse Romande, Radiotelevisione Svizzera di lingua italiana, Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk

Direction

Direction Arto Halonen

Script

Screenplay Arto Halonen
Screenplay Kevin Frazier
Research Maiju Lanamäki
Research Riina Kullas
Research Matleena Frisk
Research Kaius Niemi
Research Gustaf Holm

Production

Producer Arto Halonen
Co-producer Helle Ulsteen
Co-producer Werner Swiss Schweizer
Executive producer Sally Jo Fifer
Production coordinator Hanna Aartolahti

Cinematography

Director of Photography Hannu Vitikainen
Director of Photography Arto Halonen
2nd cinematographer Salla Sorri
2nd cinematographer Juha Kiviharju

Editing

Editor Samu Heikkilä
Editing supervisor Erez Laufer

Music

Composer Timo Peltola

Sound

Sound designer Martti Turunen
Sound designer Samu Heikkilä
Recording engineer Salla Sorri
Recording engineer Juha Kiviharju

Appearance

Appearance Arto Halonen
Appearance Kevin Frazier
Appearance Ruslan Tuhbatullin
Appearance Farid Tuhbatullin
Appearance Boris Shikmuradov Junior

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