"Stars who signed the pledge agree "not to screen films, appear at or otherwise work with Israeli film institutions" - such as film festivals or production companies - that are "implicated in genocide and apartheid against the Palestinian people"."
""In this urgent moment of crisis, where many of our governments are enabling the carnage in Gaza, we must do everything we can to address complicity in that unrelenting horror," the group wrote in a statement on its website."
""Despite operating in Israel's system of apartheid, and therefore benefiting from it, the vast majority of Israeli film production and distribution companies, sales agents, cinemas and other film institutions have never endorsed the full, internationally-recognized rights of the Palestinian people.""
Film Workers For Palestine shared a pledge on 8 September that initially received about 1,300 signatories and grew to over 3,900 by 10 September. Signatories include actors such as Ayo Edebiri, Olivia Colman, Josh O'Connor, Aimee Lou Wood, Joe Locke, Bowen Yang, Elliot Page, Emma D'Arcy, Nicola Coughlan, Joaquin Phoenix, Rooney Mara, Andrew Garfield, Harris Dickinson and Guy Pearce. Signatories agree not to screen films, appear at, or otherwise work with Israeli film institutions implicated in genocide and apartheid against the Palestinian people. The pledge defines complicity as whitewashing, justifying, or partnering with the Israeli government, and states most Israeli film institutions have not endorsed full internationally-recognized Palestinian rights.
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