"The work we do is endemically tied to who this theater company is, how we show up in this community, and how we create belonging. There's no retrenching, there's no disavowing, there's no backpedaling."
Vivian Marthell, CEO of O Cinema, expressed the importance of artistic freedom at the press conference, stating that the decision to evict them is a violation of their right to showcase diverse perspectives in cinema.