'Mr Ferrer can't be with us tonight'
http://www.guardian.co.uk/arts/features/story/0,11710,1150285,00.html
Artists from all over the world are being refused entry to the US on
security grounds. James Verini reports
Wednesday February 18, 2004
The Guardian
In the spring of 2003, the celebrated Iranian film-maker Jafar Panahi
was travelling to South America from Hong Kong. He did not intend to
stop in the US, but his flight path took him through New York's John F
Kennedy airport. There, Panahi, a winner of the Golden Bear award at
the Venice film festival who had visited the US several times,
expected to while away a few dull hours. Instead, he was detained by
officials; because his fingerprints were not on file, he was
handcuffed and held in custody for several hours. He was so incensed
at his treatment that he vowed never to return to the US.
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