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Tajikistan: Using Films to Promote Inter-Ethnic Tolerance

Categories: Central Asia & Caucasus, Tajikistan, Citizen Media, Ethnicity & Race, Film

With the government of Tajikistan and Uzbekistan engaged in an ‘undeclared cold war [1]‘ over regional water and energy resources, the conflict also stokes tensions between major ethnic groups in the two countries. A religious group in Tajikistan is using short silent films [2] to teach people about the importance of inter-ethnic tolerance.