Censorship is alive and properly regardless of the most effective efforts of Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg.
The tech titans have countered the Left’s free speech assaults on X and Meta, respectively. Musk’s X platform permits conservatives to have a voice after years of suppression. Zuckerberg vowed to scrap the biased, censorial “fact-checking” regime in latest days.
That hasn’t deterred NY-based staff at Alamo Drafthouse and different far-Left teams.
They need to block the screening of “September 5,” a robust movie recalling the 1972 Olympic hostage disaster that left 11 Israeli athletes lifeless by the hands of Palestinian terrorists. The movie has earned rave critiques and may determine prominently within the upcoming Oscars race.
A brand new petition with roughly 1,000 signatures hopes to cancel the movie on the Alamo Drafthouse’s Brooklyn location. The chain runs three theaters in New York Metropolis.
Why?
September 5 is yet one more try by the Western media to push its imperialist and racist agenda, manufacturing consent for the continued genocide and cultural decimation of Palestine and its peoples….We, NYC Alamo United, wholeheartedly condemn the Alamo’s willingness to revenue off of the genocide of Palestine.
The cancellation try is hardly stunning. The fashionable Left routinely tries to censor artwork that doesn’t align with its worldview. Trendy movie festivals additionally keep away from controversial matters in latest months.
That is worse on just a few ranges.
One, the petition options 101 signatures from NYC Alamo United, a union tied to the theater in query. They’ve overtly trumpeted the petition on X, demanding their employer bend the knee.
Is there an “or else” concerned? Not but.
We name on all Alamo friends, group members & orgs of conscience to signal our petition. Condemn @alamodrafthouse‘s complicity within the distribution of regressive media & demand that they instantly cease platforming movie & media business firms that unfold genocidal rhetoric.
— NYC Alamo United (@nycalamounited) January 6, 2025
Sony bought the Alamo Drafthouse theater chain final yr. The corporate hasn’t issued a proper assertion on the matter as of but.
The Borscht Movie Competition seeks the movie’s cancellation.
Borscht is a nonprofit with the straightforward mission to redefine cinema in Miami. Native filmmakers created Borscht in response to the dearth of regional infrastructure and help, empowering artists to inform contemporary Miami tales.
So does The Kangalee Arts Ensemble.
The KANGALEE ARTS ENSEMBLE, INC. is a 501-C3 BIPOC non-profit theater firm dedicated to the collision of radical politics, classical theater aesthetics, & the liberation of the actor.
The NYC Alamo Union vows to current the petition to Alamo Drafthouse officers throughout its January bargaining session, in accordance with the petition.
The movie additionally bought benched by the Toronto Worldwide Movie Competition, in accordance with The Hollywood Reporter.
My understanding is that TIFF outright rejected “September 5”, which was the most popular gross sales title that performed on the Venice and Telluride movie fests […] ostensibly as a result of it’d generate controversy associated to the Israeli-Palestinian battle. So, fearing a backlash, the fest didn’t display screen a movie that’s going to get a greatest image Oscar nomination and possibly even win
This isn’t new.
Professional-Palenstian activists have repeatedly tried to close down Jewish performers like comedian actor Michael Rapaport and singer Matisyahu in latest months. They’ve met with some success, however each stars proceed to carry out in defiance of such makes an attempt.
Philly DSA is asking for @FillmorePhilly to inform Michael Rapaport to KICK ROCKS.
Michael has been a notable half of a bigger Zionist media effort to normalize genocide and colonialism in Palestine.
Name the Fillmore and allow them to know that hate has NO place right here: (215)-309-0150 https://t.co/WHQALCTEw1
— Philly DSA 🌹 (@PhillyDSA) January 1, 2025