Belfast Exposed

Saturday 3 May, 3.30pm – 5.00pm

Admission Free. No Booking Required.

Festival artists Tinawiren from Mali, were silenced by a blanket ban of all music-making, imposed by extreme Islamic hardliners who took control of Northern Mali in 2012.

Catch a preview of a new documentary telling this story and join filmmaker – Johanna Schwartz, broadcaster, writer - Kenan Malik, artist and academic - John Johnston and performance artist Sinead O’Donnell, for a fascinating discussion about artistic freedom of expression from local, UK-wide and international perspectives.

Julia Farrington, Index on Censorship, will chair and schedules permitting, Manny Ansar, director of Festival du Desert will join the discussion via skype.