简介：InFebruary2002,atraincarryingHindupilgrimsinGodhrainGujarat,WesternIndia,wastorched,resultinginthedeathof59passengers.Muslimsweremassacredinretaliation,andtheirhouses,shopsandmosquesrazed,oftenwiththecollusionofthepolice.Intheensuingriots,overathousandpeoplewerekilledandmanymoredisplaced.Inresponsetointernationalbacklash,thenGujaratChiefMinisterNarendraModiconducteda‘rallyofhonour’toinsistthathishandswereclean,evenashispartyexploitedthetragedytoconsolidatetheirelectoralcapital. InitiallybannedinIndiaforseveralmonths,RakeshSharma’slandmarkdocumentaryFinalSolutionrevisitsthepeopleandplacesimpactedbytheriots,collectingoralaccountsofunspeakablehorrorfromboththeperpetratorsandthevictims.JuxtaposingagonisingpersonaltestimonieswithstridentpoliticalralliesbyHindunationalistoutfits,thefilmcraftsaworkofhistoricalremembrancethatcombatsorganisedattemptsatwhitewashingtheevents. Harrowingastheinterviewsare,thefilmunveilsevenmoreinconvenienttruthsaboutthepeacetimefollowingtheHindu-Muslimriots:theexacerbatedself-ghettoisationofbothcommunities,segregatedschooling,politicallyorchestratedboycottofMuslimbusinessesandanatmosphereofacutemistrustandpsychoticprojection.Livingtogetherbecomesimpossible,andthefilmmakerkeepsposingthesamequestiontoeveryonehemeets:“Whatisthesolution?”Twentyyearslater,thequestioncontinuestobepressing. 源自：https://iffr.com/en/iffr/2023/films/final-solution…