THE COLOUR QUESTION
FAMOUS FILM-PLAY BANNED. BY FRENCH GOVERNMENT. Australian and N.Z Cable Association (Received August 21, 8.40 p.m-) LONDON, August 20. Th** nroduction of the Griffiths film, “The Birth of a Nation,” has been forbidden in France, on the ground that it might cause public disorder. The embargo is the result of the colour question. _ . , The French rights in the picture cost £20,000. ‘•The Birth of a Nation.” screened in New Zealand many years ago, » a storv of America, immediately alter the 'Civil War, when the negroes were granted the franchise. The activities of the Ku Klux Klan against the negroes figure largely. The French Goveminent recently declared that all subjects of France, whether coloured or not, were entitled to, and must he conceded, equal rights.
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New Zealand Times, Volume L, Issue 11604, 22 August 1923, Page 6
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127THE COLOUR QUESTION New Zealand Times, Volume L, Issue 11604, 22 August 1923, Page 6
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