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| Violence flares over race movie | Violence flares over race movie |
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| A film set during the race riots that hit Australia four years ago has been pulled from cinemas in Sydney after fights broke out during screenings. | A film set during the race riots that hit Australia four years ago has been pulled from cinemas in Sydney after fights broke out during screenings. |
| The Combination centres on tensions between gangs of Australian Lebanese and white youths in Sydney's western suburbs in 2005. | The Combination centres on tensions between gangs of Australian Lebanese and white youths in Sydney's western suburbs in 2005. |
| It was pulled by one of Australia's cinema chains, Greater Union, after violence flared outside two cinemas. | It was pulled by one of Australia's cinema chains, Greater Union, after violence flared outside two cinemas. |
| The Australian Film Syndicate (AFS) called the move "unprecedented". | |
| Greater Union said it had cancelled screenings of the film in all four of its Sydney cinemas after violent incidents in its suburban Parramatta cinema on Thursday and Saturday nights. | |
| "Maintaining the safety and security of our staff and patrons is our main concern and priority," Greater Union general manager Robert Flynn said in a statement. | "Maintaining the safety and security of our staff and patrons is our main concern and priority," Greater Union general manager Robert Flynn said in a statement. |
| AFS managing director Allanah Zitserman said Greater Union's decision to pull the critically-acclaimed film was "devastating for everyone involved, especially for the audiences". | AFS managing director Allanah Zitserman said Greater Union's decision to pull the critically-acclaimed film was "devastating for everyone involved, especially for the audiences". |
| Retaliatory attacks | Retaliatory attacks |
| She said in a statement: "Although we do not support the decision by Greater Union to pull the film from its NSW sites we respect and understand their position." | She said in a statement: "Although we do not support the decision by Greater Union to pull the film from its NSW sites we respect and understand their position." |
| The Combination, directed by David Field, is set in late 2005, when ugly race riots between white and Lebanese Australians flared at the city's Cronulla Beach. | The Combination, directed by David Field, is set in late 2005, when ugly race riots between white and Lebanese Australians flared at the city's Cronulla Beach. |
| They sparked a series of retaliatory attacks in which shops, churches and cars were targeted | They sparked a series of retaliatory attacks in which shops, churches and cars were targeted |
| The film uses actual news footage from the riots as it follows the fortunes of a Lebanese Australian man who is trying to guide his younger brother away from ethnic gang violence. | The film uses actual news footage from the riots as it follows the fortunes of a Lebanese Australian man who is trying to guide his younger brother away from ethnic gang violence. |
| Ms Zitserman said: "[It] is a powerful, critically acclaimed work that has touched a nerve with the Australian public and deserves to be seen by everyone." | Ms Zitserman said: "[It] is a powerful, critically acclaimed work that has touched a nerve with the Australian public and deserves to be seen by everyone." |
| The film can still be seen at other cinema chains in New South Wales state, as well as cinemas in other Australian cities. | The film can still be seen at other cinema chains in New South Wales state, as well as cinemas in other Australian cities. |
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