SALMAN RUSHDIE DEATH ON TRAIL 52’ 30 years after the fatwa issued by Ayatollah Khomeini against the author of The Satanic Verses, director William Karel (Hillary Clinton a woman on the edge, Israel a twice promised land) draws an intimate portrait of one of today's most free-minded and significant writer, four times recipient of the Booker Prize. His works question among other themes History and self-definition in postcolonial times and the place of religion in a globalized world. Based on rarely seen personal and historical archives and exclusive interviews recently shot in his house in New York, the film revisits Rushdie’s life and literary work and questions the place of Novelists in the Era of fake news. From his youth in multicultural Bombay and his studies in Cambridge, to his 15 years of forced hiding after the fatwa, Rushdie sets his sharp eye on America today in his recently released book: the Golden House. "I have always felt like an outsider: as a Muslim in India, dark-skinned in England, and a non-believer in Islam.” "to me writing fills the hole left by the departure of God" by the renowed directory William Karel Dark Side of the Moon – Arte (2002) Who killed Maggie ? (Mais qui a tué Maggie ?) - Arte - Silver FIPA in 2008 Inside de the White House : Barack Obama (Au coeur de la Maison Blanche : Barack Obama) - France 2 (2012) Until the last one : the destruction of the jews of Europe (Jusqu’au dernier : la destruction des juifs d’Europe) (8x52’) - France 2/ RTBF Producers and Broadcasters: 52’ Flach Film Production/Arte Director: William Karel WWW.TERRANOA.COM 155 rue de Charonne - 75011 Paris - FRANCE [email protected].