A new documentary that tracks Myuran Sukumaran's final 72 hours before he was executed in Indonesia is about to be screened in Taiwan, a country that still has the death penalty.
Co-writer and producer Maggie Miles says she "worked very closely with Raji Sukumaran," Mr Sukumaran's mother, in making the documentary about her son.
Myuran Sukumaran was a member of the Bali Nine and became an accomplished artist who was "fully rehabilitated" at the time of his execution in 2015.
Ms Miles says Taiwan is the first country in which the death penalty still exists that the film will be shown.
"I was concerned about the censorship process... but I think our cultural considerations in making the film enabled us to get through that censorship process. We focus on the beauty of Myuran's art and his incredible spirit which really exists way beyond his life."
The screenings in Taiwan align with the 40th International Federation for Human Rights Congress and will take place in Taipei.
Source: abc.net.au, Staff, October 17, 2019
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