Wendy Sachs was not shocked to see Hollywood ignore the anti-Semitic spikes in the wake of the attack on October 7th.
The authors and filmmakers learned firsthand how the industry repulsed with that bitter truth.
“It's not a political film. …It's about how anti-Semitism has mutated over time. It's about Islamic extremism vs. democracy.
The previous film includes the feminist political documentary “Surge,” Sachs pitched the institution to films that captured anti-Semish hatred for more than a year.
“Everyone passed,” Sachs told Align. “In Hollywood, there is an allergic reaction to this type of film. Unless anything adjacent to Israel or Jews is an attack on the anti-Israel or Israeli government, what is sympathetic is radioactive.”
There are no other perspectives
A proper case: The pro-Palestinian film No other Land won an Academy Award earlier this month.
Sachs argues that the indie film scene is not good.
“When it comes to all sorts of sympathy on October 7th, that's absolutely the core,” says Sachs.
She said she would never make another independent film again, knowing how difficult the process could be.
Sachs saw a change of heart after watching videos of Hamas and pro-Palestinian protesters celebrating the terrorist attacks. when Harvard University Student Group 31 She condemned the attack on Israel rather than Hamas, and she “feeled the world lost its heart.”
“We've never experienced anything like this before, modern crystal nacht,” says Sachs. The brave Nazi attacks on Jewish neighbours November 1938.
Sax “October 8th” It opens nationwide tomorrow, showing how anti-Israel protests erupted after Hamas terrorist attacks were killed It took 1,200 citizens and 251 hostages.
Sadly, the title says it all.
Donor-funded “October 8” features Jewish student leaders who were harassed and hunted a few weeks after the attack. We also see endless protests that quickly became violent and changed the astonishing silence from human rights groups.
It also meets two exceptions to the Hollywood rules regarding anti-Semitism.
“I was totally betrayed”
“I felt completely betrayed by Hollywood,” said Debra Messing, alumnus of Will and Grace, the film's executive producer, in the documentary. Actor and comedian Michael Rappaport is also heavy.
“Hollywood celebrities talk about so many different things… you should be ashamed of yourself I don't say anything about [Israeli] hostage,”Rapato shares plating.
Stars like Messing, Rapaport, Patricia Heaton and John Ondrasik are rare celebrities who talk about these issues. Sachs believes he knows why an industry obsessed with dealing with social illness is virtually silent about anti-Semitism.
“People are afraid their careers will be a hit. They don't want to be cancelled or lose their jobs about this,” she says. “The risk they feel is too great.”
The documentary may have taken a partisan leaning. Think about how the Biden administration did not do to tackle anti-Semitic hatred nationwide.
The sax went a different path.
A steady bias
“It's not a political film. …It's about how anti-Semitism has mutated over time,” she says. “It's about Islamic extremism vs. democracy.”
The documentary explores the media's entrenched anti-Israel prejudice captured entirely by the New York Times. The grey woman was rushing to blame Israel for the 2023 bombing of Gaza Hospital, Take Hamas' words In the process.
“The New York Times, NPR and the BBC criticize Israel in ways that are not like other countries,” says Sachs, a self-proclaimed New York Times subscriber since college. The hospital incident, she adds, emphasizes “how corrupt the media is.”
Sachs has shown her films on several university campuses and screenings that require more than normal audio/video gear.
“I think other films have to worry about security,” she says of the police presence needed to screen “October 8th” on campus.
“We can't do it alone.”
Sachs' films may be strained by apolitical spirit, but she has approved the Trump administration's recent crackdown on Columbia University for not protecting Jewish students.
“If it were other groups where African American students were harassed or targeted… there would be anger and there would be behavior,” she says.
Sachs sees hope for advancing, including the brave Jewish students highlighted in films that fought hatred.
“The Jewish community is not alone… We have worked in partnership with the African-American community in the past,” she says. “I need to do it again.”
Other groups are helpful too.
“The Iranian and Persian communities really understand what extremism looks like,” she adds. “[Jews are] The minority minority here in America, less than 3% of the population. You can't do it alone. ”
