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No Fire Zone: In the Killing Fields of Sri Lanka is an investigative documentary about the final weeks of the Sri Lankan Civil War. The documentary covers the period from September 2008 until the end of the war in 2009 in which thousands of Tamil people were killed by shelling and extrajudicial executions by the Sri Lankan Army including Balachandran Prabhakaran, the 12-year-old son of the slain Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) Chief Velupillai Prabhakaran.〔Joseph, Manu. "Revisiting the Horror in Sri Lanka." ''The New York Times.'' 3 March 2013〕 The Sri Lankan army has denied the allegations in the documentary. However on 21 October 2015 the BBC reported that Maxwell Paranagama, a government-appointed Sri Lankan judge, says allegations the army committed war crimes during the long conflict with Tamil Tiger rebels are "credible". He went on to say there was evidence to suggest that footage obtained by the Channel 4 documentary No Fire Zone - showing prisoners naked, blindfolded, with arms tied and shot dead by soldiers - was genuine. ==Synopsis== This feature documentary is the product of a three-year investigation and tells the story of the final awful months of the 26-year-long Sri Lankan civil war: This sometimes harrowing story is told by the people who lived through the war - and through some of the most dramatic and disturbing video evidence ever seen. This footage - direct evidence of war crimes, summary execution, torture and sexual violence - was recorded by both the victims and perpetrators on mobile phones and small cameras during the final 138 days of hell which form the central narrative of the film. No Fire Zone is directed by the Nobel Peace Prize nominee Callum Macrae, a Peabody〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.channel4.com/info/press/news/peabody-award-for-sri-lanka-s-killing-fields-war-crimes-unpunished )〕 and Colombia Dupont Broadcast Journalism Award winner〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.journalism.columbia.edu/page/788-the-alfred-i-dupont-columbia-university-award-winners/594 )〕 and Greirson〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.griersontrust.org/past-awards/grierson-2013/shortlist.html )〕 and BAFTA nominee. It has already won many awards and is a nominee for an International Emmy Award 2014.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.iemmys.tv/awards_nominees.aspx )〕 No Fire Zone has been described as something of an international phenomenon.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.britdocimpactaward.org/files/nofirezone.pdf )〕 Not just an agenda setting investigation, but a cinematic tour de force – a stunning and disturbing film in its own right. It was described as "beautifully crafted and heart wrenching” by the Pulitzer Center for Crisis Reporting in Washington,〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://pulitzercenter.org/blog/global-crises-human-stories-film-festival-no-fire-zone-screenings-sri-lanka-mass-murder )〕 "utterly convincing" by the Globe and Mail in Toronto - and in the UK, Empire noted: "It is vitally important that this feature reaches the widest possible audience”. One critic in Australia described it as “the most devastating film I have seen”, whilst the London Film Review says "No Fire Zone shocks on every level. It shocks, it educates, and it convinces"〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.thelondonfilmreview.com/film-review/review-no-fire-zone/ )〕 It has been widely praised by personalities as disparate as the rapper M.I.A〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://miauniverse.tumblr.com/ )〕 and the British Prime Minister, David Cameron, who said: ”No Fire Zone is one of the most chilling documentaries I’ve watched…” 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「No Fire Zone」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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