BOYCOTT
ART OF IMPACT US 2021, 73 min Director Julia Bacha CALIFORNIA PREMIERE
A critical investigative documentary that reveals the grossly underreported story of anti-BDS legislation that is sweeping through state legislatures in the U.S., undermining the First Amendment and causing real harm to those who stand up for their right to free speech. (Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions is a movement organized by the Palestinian BDS National Committee in response to Israel’s human rights record.) The effects of these bills, which coerce individuals and companies into signing what is tantamount to a loyalty oath against the BDS movement, are far more wide-reaching than the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and directly undermine the First Amendment. This film follows three individuals — a publisher in Arkansas, a lawyer in Arizona, and a speech therapist in Texas — who risk their livelihoods to fight for our freedom of speech rights and expose the powerful political entities behind these insidious anti-boycott laws. Preceded by: Walls Cannot Keep Us From Flying US 2021, 13 min Director Jonathan Mehring Against the backdrop of Israeli occupation, two Palestinian teenagers in the West Bank help the children of their community find freedom through skateboarding.
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