Am I Brad Pitt, literally the most famous man on earth with power, fame, and influence that could force governments to pressure Israel to release the evidence, or get an independent investigation into this crime? No, and yet I did much more, and lost more than a dickhead who took a producer credit on a movie about a genocide he never uttered one word about, so really feeling it there, passionately! Can you imbeciles comprehend the idea -- yes, the movie is beautiful BUT WE MUST ALSO pressure these Hollywood A-Listers to USE their enormous influence, not jokester Instagram influence -- to demand accountability for this murder! Can you comprehend the idea that this movie MUST spill into an actual action, demand, pressure of justice; and not just stay a beautiful cinematic piece? Use your brain.
If the Hollywood elite had a spine and soul in tact, they would have made a documentary, not a dramatization, which is solely to continue shielding Israel from rightful accusations of crimes against humanity. Something is better than nothing, but this turns my stomach as well.
That's my fear also, but let's hope not -- everyone knows about this story, and it just MUST spill into an actual action of demanding accountability and justice for this girl. Imagine what precedent it could set, for the Palestinian people
It will get more people to wake up, beyond shameful after two years, but that’s where we are. Why people require ‘entertainment’ to guide their ethics, a fight for later. 💜
Yeah I agree. But then on the other hand, I feel so powerless to stop it. I feel impotent and weak up against the trillion dollar machine enabling it. So I understand why people make art when they feel like they can’t do anything else. And if a movie causes someone to start caring or doing more, then it was helpful. But yes Hollywood as an industry extracts and monetizes the world’s pain. Studios profit and no one does anything to stop what’s actually going on. And I agree that makes me feel sick (I felt a similar disgust when watching and then later reading the praise about Superman’s “pro-Palestine” message — which the filmmaker also directly denied).
We just must pressure that A list dickhead with the most famous name on earth to do more here, besides taking the producer credit. Brad Pitt could literally pressure governments to demand accountability from Israel, demand they hand over the evidence, or push for an independent investigation into this killing. This story must not stay just in the cinema.
I don't get your complaint. Different people have different specialities and platforms, and use them to gain momentum for the free Palestine movement. Macklemore and Kneecap do it via songs and gigs. Film people do it via film. It's all just small parts that add up to a big whole.
Saying "I'd rather have Hind than a film about Hind" feels to me like missing the point.
Partly because that's not the choice actually available - we can only have 0 Hind & 1 film, or 0 Hind & 0 film.
And partly because if we think of "Hind" as representing all the children of Gaza, who we certainly would rather have be alive and safe than a film, remember that silence is their doom. If people forget about them, israel will kill them even faster. They must be a the forefront of everyone's minds, and this film will help a lot. It will humanise, too.
"I'd rather have Hind than a film about Hind" -- where is this sentence in my article? I swear, you lot with the least intelligence and reading comprehension skills love to yap, yap, yap about points flying six miles above your head.
You didn't say that sentence, your article boils down to that; to my mind. My "least intelligence and reading comprehension skills" mind, as you see it. (There's a quote!) It's really funny that you call me that, for reasons I'll keep to myself.
Anyway you did write: Hind doesn't need a film. She needed to live.
I'm saying, why not both.
And yes I agree all these Hollywood types should have spoken way earlier and way louder. That part's obvious to us all.
Agree. There is something sickly problematic with this whole spectacle. It is performative. What is a historic standing ovation worth when the genocide has only accelerated since the ?! Are they kidding us? What would Hind Rajab want? Respect to the Palestinians who worked on it.
I don't mind people seeing this story if it comes with, after we all clapped, a real pressure for accountability from those war criminals who committed it.
Sadly, we are a society with screens that replace living in a frightening percentage of our lives.
I agree with you on all points, and feel embarrassed to be a part of a world who is allowing this to happen.
Perhaps a stronger message at the very start of the film would have been to scroll across the screen all of the names and ages of all of the children we know about who have had their lives cut short by Israel. Let the audience truly feel the impact as these names scroll for way too many uncomfortable minutes before zeroing in on one of the tragic stories.
I literally just want that dickhead Brad Pitt to take the mic and start talking, using his gigantic power, fame, and influence to pressure govts to force Israel to hand over the evidence, or force them to allow an independent investigation into this murder. We need this movie to spill into actual action. Palestinian people need accountability and justice for this girl's barbaric, medieval death. We should not stay pacified with the movie; we should demand they use their names to push for this. A-listers on a producer credit. Hopefully that's coming next
It would help tremendously if big name celebrities stood up against this genocide and against the forces within their business and our society that pressures them to stay silent. Hopefully, this is a first step toward something bigger and not just a one off that gets buried over time.
Because the movies about it are fictional, retard
My sentiments exactly!
Why write, if you could do something meaningful instead, like stopping a Genocide.
Am I Brad Pitt, literally the most famous man on earth with power, fame, and influence that could force governments to pressure Israel to release the evidence, or get an independent investigation into this crime? No, and yet I did much more, and lost more than a dickhead who took a producer credit on a movie about a genocide he never uttered one word about, so really feeling it there, passionately! Can you imbeciles comprehend the idea -- yes, the movie is beautiful BUT WE MUST ALSO pressure these Hollywood A-Listers to USE their enormous influence, not jokester Instagram influence -- to demand accountability for this murder! Can you comprehend the idea that this movie MUST spill into an actual action, demand, pressure of justice; and not just stay a beautiful cinematic piece? Use your brain.
You won't get me anywhere with insults.
If you really “did much more” then gratulations to you.
Obviously it didn't suffice. The genocide is speeding up.
If the Hollywood elite had a spine and soul in tact, they would have made a documentary, not a dramatization, which is solely to continue shielding Israel from rightful accusations of crimes against humanity. Something is better than nothing, but this turns my stomach as well.
That's my fear also, but let's hope not -- everyone knows about this story, and it just MUST spill into an actual action of demanding accountability and justice for this girl. Imagine what precedent it could set, for the Palestinian people
It will get more people to wake up, beyond shameful after two years, but that’s where we are. Why people require ‘entertainment’ to guide their ethics, a fight for later. 💜
Yeah I agree. But then on the other hand, I feel so powerless to stop it. I feel impotent and weak up against the trillion dollar machine enabling it. So I understand why people make art when they feel like they can’t do anything else. And if a movie causes someone to start caring or doing more, then it was helpful. But yes Hollywood as an industry extracts and monetizes the world’s pain. Studios profit and no one does anything to stop what’s actually going on. And I agree that makes me feel sick (I felt a similar disgust when watching and then later reading the praise about Superman’s “pro-Palestine” message — which the filmmaker also directly denied).
We just must pressure that A list dickhead with the most famous name on earth to do more here, besides taking the producer credit. Brad Pitt could literally pressure governments to demand accountability from Israel, demand they hand over the evidence, or push for an independent investigation into this killing. This story must not stay just in the cinema.
I don't get your complaint. Different people have different specialities and platforms, and use them to gain momentum for the free Palestine movement. Macklemore and Kneecap do it via songs and gigs. Film people do it via film. It's all just small parts that add up to a big whole.
Saying "I'd rather have Hind than a film about Hind" feels to me like missing the point.
Partly because that's not the choice actually available - we can only have 0 Hind & 1 film, or 0 Hind & 0 film.
And partly because if we think of "Hind" as representing all the children of Gaza, who we certainly would rather have be alive and safe than a film, remember that silence is their doom. If people forget about them, israel will kill them even faster. They must be a the forefront of everyone's minds, and this film will help a lot. It will humanise, too.
"I'd rather have Hind than a film about Hind" -- where is this sentence in my article? I swear, you lot with the least intelligence and reading comprehension skills love to yap, yap, yap about points flying six miles above your head.
You didn't say that sentence, your article boils down to that; to my mind. My "least intelligence and reading comprehension skills" mind, as you see it. (There's a quote!) It's really funny that you call me that, for reasons I'll keep to myself.
Anyway you did write: Hind doesn't need a film. She needed to live.
I'm saying, why not both.
And yes I agree all these Hollywood types should have spoken way earlier and way louder. That part's obvious to us all.
Agree. There is something sickly problematic with this whole spectacle. It is performative. What is a historic standing ovation worth when the genocide has only accelerated since the ?! Are they kidding us? What would Hind Rajab want? Respect to the Palestinians who worked on it.
I don't mind people seeing this story if it comes with, after we all clapped, a real pressure for accountability from those war criminals who committed it.
Because nobody actually believes it’s a genocide.
Keep convincing yourself. That's why you're here, trying to hasbara my comment section, cuz you're so chill and convinced no one believes it
We prefer “Jewsplaining.”
Sadly, we are a society with screens that replace living in a frightening percentage of our lives.
I agree with you on all points, and feel embarrassed to be a part of a world who is allowing this to happen.
Perhaps a stronger message at the very start of the film would have been to scroll across the screen all of the names and ages of all of the children we know about who have had their lives cut short by Israel. Let the audience truly feel the impact as these names scroll for way too many uncomfortable minutes before zeroing in on one of the tragic stories.
I literally just want that dickhead Brad Pitt to take the mic and start talking, using his gigantic power, fame, and influence to pressure govts to force Israel to hand over the evidence, or force them to allow an independent investigation into this murder. We need this movie to spill into actual action. Palestinian people need accountability and justice for this girl's barbaric, medieval death. We should not stay pacified with the movie; we should demand they use their names to push for this. A-listers on a producer credit. Hopefully that's coming next
It would help tremendously if big name celebrities stood up against this genocide and against the forces within their business and our society that pressures them to stay silent. Hopefully, this is a first step toward something bigger and not just a one off that gets buried over time.