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This high-spirited, political satire exposes the complicity of multinational corporations in supporting and legitimizing dictator, Saparmurat Niyazov, of Turkmenistan, one of the world's most egregious violators of human rights. Niyazov, self-appointed President for Life, transformed a remote Central Asian republic into one of the most oppressive, megalomaniacal and bizarre regimes in recent history. Turkmenistan, which borders Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Afghanistan and Iran, is also home to one of the world's largest oil and natural gas reserves. Such resource endowments have attracted world leaders and multi-billion dollar corporations who set aside their morals and knowingly propped up the regime to secure profitable business deals.
The 'holy book' in the film's title refers to the Ruhnama, written by Niyazov, is a mixture of legend and his own delusional thinking, serving as a central part to his dictatorship, even more so than Mao's 'little red book'. The Ruhnama has been fully integrated into the Turkmen educational system, taught in literature and math classes, memorization is even required to obtain a driving license. Desiring to be the 13th Prophet of Islam, Niyazov angered many of the country's Muslim religious leaders with his attempts to make the Ruhnama as prominent as the Koran, and those who spoke out were imprisoned. Why then has this 'holy book' been translated into forty languages, paid for by some of the world's largest corporations' Siemens, Daimler-Chrysler, Caterpillar, John Deere, Bouygues, among many others, have all prostrated themselves before this preposterous screed.
Shadow of the Holy Book reveals that the royalties these companies paid the Niyasov regime never found their way to the impoverished Turkmen people. Instead, the profits were squandered on embellishing the country's capital of Ashgabad with gold statues of Niyasov and an enormous, illuminated sculpture of the Ruhnama in the central square. The contractors for these monstrosities were, unsurprisingly, the same companies who translated the book.
Beyond Ashgabad, the rest of Turkmenistan is a barren desert, its scant water siphoned off to feed the capital's incongruous fountains and green lawns. There is widespread child labor, no health care and endemic unemployment. The young flock to the city in search of employment, many of whom end up in prostitution.
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