Dhaka, July 8 -- Cultural Affairs Adviser and popular filmmaker Mostofa Sarwar Farooki on Monday said that July is not only about a 36-day protest movement but a 54-year-long struggle against a cultural and social hegemony that persisted in post-independence Bangladesh.

"Our July martyrs envisioned a just and humane state - and to realise their vision, we must work in unity. If political consensus is achieved, we firmly believe that fascism will never return," he said while addressing the premiere of the documentary 'Shrabon Bidroho' at the main auditorium of the National Museum in the capital's Shahbagh.

The documentary, directed by Arifur Rahman and produced by the Department of Films and Publications under the Ministry of Information...