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| screenplay     = Erkin Rakishev
| starring       = [[Roman Khikalov]]
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'''''My Brother, Borat''''' was supposed to become a [[Kazakhstan|Kazakh]] [[dark comedy]] film written and directed by [[Erkin Rakishev]], as an unauthorised sequel to the 2006 film ''[[Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan]]'', created by the director to address mis-conceptions of [[Kazakhstan]] as portrayed in the 2006 film.<ref name="TM1"/><ref name="NYT1"/><ref name="NYDN1"/>  The film was scheduled for release in early 2011.<ref name="TNYO1"/><ref name="RFE"/>

==Synopsis==
''My Brother, Borat'' tells the story of John, an American journalist who, after watching the film ''[[Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan|Borat]]'', decides to visit [[Kazakhstan]]. He ends up meeting Bilo{{mdash}}[[Borat Sagdiyev]]'s mentally-ill younger brother.  The two go to find Borat's fictional home village of Kusek. They discover it to be a modern and well-developed city in another country.

==Background==
Director Erkin Rakishev did not see the humour intended by the 2006 Borat film, and so decided to create ''My Brother, Borat'' as a counterbalance to correct the image of [[Kazakhstan]]  as a backward country. He stated, "I think it crossed the line. Maybe they just wanted to joke, but they belittled, insulted and mixed us with dirt, they compared us to animals, showed us as barbarians and wild people".<ref name="BBC1"/>  Rakishev explained that the Borat film offended the Kazakhstan government to the point of the film being banned in that country.<ref name="NYT2"/>  In wishing to address the negative perceptions of Kazakhstan created in the original film, he developed ''My Brother, Borat'' as an "image-redressing movie".<ref name="FT1"/> He began initial production on the film after ''Borat'' was released in 2006, and abandoned the project due to lack of financing, only recently being able to continue the project,<ref name="NYT1"/><ref name="TNYO1"/> with the assistance of Kazakhstan legislator Bekbolat Tleukhan.<ref name="RFE"/>

Rakishev did shoot controversial scenes, such as one in which the character of Bilo is raped by a donkey and another where an old woman is beating the two main characters with a stick.  In denying that such scenes would offend, Rakishev stated, "If it was Borat's brother who raped the donkey then perhaps it would be considered outrageous, but it is the other way round".<ref name="BBC1"/>  The director explained that "he would not mind distributing the film in the United States, though there was the matter of possible copyright violation".<ref name="NYT1"/>  He has stated that he would welcome a lawsuit, as it would both provide publicity and promote his vision of a proud Kazakhstan.<ref name="TNYO1"/>

==References==
<references>

<ref name="RFE">{{cite news
|url=http://www.rferl.org/content/Borats_Return_KazakhStyle/2156628.html
|title=Borat's Return, Kazakh-Style
|author=Ukulyay Bestayeva, Kristin Deasy
|date=September 13, 2010
|work=[[Radio Free Europe]]
|accessdate=27 November 2010}}</ref>

<ref name="TM1">{{cite news
|url=http://newsfeed.time.com/2010/11/25/life-imitates-art-kazakhstan-director-shoots-oh-so-genuine-borat-sequel/
|title=Life Imitates Art: Kazakhstan Director Shoots Oh-So-Genuine Borat Sequel
|last=Levy
|first=Glen
|date=November 25, 2010
|work=[[Time Magazine]]
|accessdate=27 November 2010}}</ref>

<ref name="FT1">{{cite news
|url=http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/f4e2031c-e849-11df-8995-00144feab49a.html
|title=Spooks, spoofs and the surfer’s selection
|last=Andrews
|first=Nigel
|date=November 5, 2010
|work=[[Financial Times]]
|accessdate=27 November 2010}}</ref>

<ref name="NYT1">{{cite news
|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/05/world/europe/05kazakh.html
|title=Taking Revenge on ‘Borat,’ Amorous Donkey and All
|last=Levy
|first=Clifford J.
|date=October 4, 2010
|work=[[The New York Times]]
|accessdate=27 November 2010}}</ref>

<ref name="NYT2">{{cite news
|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/09/27/world/europe/27iht-borat.2952940.html
|title=Kazakhstan laughs as its officials try to ban Borat
|last=Myers
|first=Steven Lee
|date=September 27, 2006
|work=[[The New York Times]]
|accessdate=27 November 2010}}</ref>

<ref name="NYDN1">{{cite news
|url=http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/movies/2010/10/25/2010-10-25_production_of_unofficial_borat_revenge_sequel_underway_in_kazakhstan.html
|title=Production of unofficial Borat revenge sequel underway in Kazakhstan
|last=Narizhnaya
|first=Khristina
|date=October 25, 2010
|work=[[New York Daily News]]
|accessdate=27 November 2010}}</ref>

<ref name="TNYO1">{{cite news
|url=http://www.observer.com/2010/culture/kazakh-filmmaker-begins-unofficial-borat-sequel-will-most-likely-be-sued-video
|title=Kazakh Filmmaker Begins Unofficial Borat Sequel
|last=staff
|first=
|date=October 20, 2010
|work=[[New York Observer]]
|accessdate=27 November 2010}}</ref>

<ref name="BBC1">{{cite news
|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-11811933
|title=Kazakhstan director shoots Borat sequel
|date=November 23, 2010
|work=[[BBC News]]
|accessdate=27 November 2010}}</ref> 

</references>

==External links==
* [http://nymag.com/daily/entertainment/2010/10/watch_a_clip_on_kazakhstans_up.html ''New York Magazine'']

[[Category:Kazakhstani films]]
[[Category:Unreleased films]]
[[Category:2010s comedy films]]
[[Category:Parody films]]
[[Category:Independent films]]