Documentary Covers Pakistan's View Of 'Draw Mohammed Day'

A brief shows Pakistanis' perceptions of the Everybody Draw Mohammed Day group that was eventually pulled from Facebook.

Ali Kapadia, a Pakistani filmmaker who’s based in San Francisco, recently released a documentary covering the perception of various Pakistanis’ take on the “Everybody Draw Mohammed Day” group that was eventually pulled from Facebook.

Voices From Pakistan speaks with a somewhat random selection of Pakistanis, all of whom seem well educated, about their take on the controversy surrounding the Facebook page.

For those of you who don’t remember the incident, a Facebook user created a group called Everybody Draw Mohammed Day, which published cartoon versions of the Muslim prophet Mohammed on May 20 of last year (some are beginning to call for a second one to happen the same date this year).

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