Wendy Sachs wasn’t shocked to see Hollywood ignore the anti-Semitism spike in the wake of the Oct. 7 attacks.
The author and filmmaker learned firsthand how the industry recoiled at that bitter truth.
‘It’s not a political film. … This is truly about how anti-Semitism has mutated over time. It’s about Islamic extremism vs. democracy.’
Sachs, whose previous films include the feminist political documentary “Surge,” pitched agencies on a film capturing anti-Jewish hate over the last year-plus.
“Everyone passed,” Sachs told Align. “There’s an allergic reaction in Hollywood to this kind of film. Anything adjacent to Israel or Jews, unless it’s anti-Israel or an attack on the Israeli government … anything at all sympathetic to Oct. 7 is radioactive.”
No other viewpoint
Case in point: The pro-Palestinian film “No Other Land”
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