I have not read the BDS letter in the Guardian but learning of it in Jewish News, I disagree with the move against the modern day equivalent of the Hebrew Bible. I supported Israeli film from the beginning.
In my student years I saw "Turn Left" a film with the Union of Jewish Studies about a family Indian immigrants to Israel. On my last trip to Israel I discovered the subsidised film industry that made "Fla'ot" a film about gangsters that kidnap a Rabbi they believe to have magical powers. Students at Sussex continue to celebrate the feminist film focusing around a bizarre check-point mix up, Israel's answer to Hollywood's "trading places". Other anti-cuts activists make it impossible for many young people to have a proud Jewish Left-wing identity. I have not read Ken Loach's letter to the Guardian but I saw his film "The Spirit of '45" which of course ignores the pioneering work of socialists in Israel-Palestine under the British Mandate. If it were not for subsidies from the state of Israel to Hebrew film it would be as dead as Elstree's film industry. I am not a big film buff but I hope any up-coming London politicians will keep their promise to oppose divisive boycotts recognise how essential SERET film festival is to our culture.
Ben Samuel, via email
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10 Evil Tactics Hunger Games
I just finished reading the first and third Hunger Games Books. My thoughts.
Hunger Games: Ten Tactics of Cameron's Class Warriors, and how to fight back!
1. Revisionism
"The mayor steps up to the podium and begins to read. It's the same story every year... as our reminder that the Dark Days must never be repeated, it gave us the Hunger Games."
2. Violence
"Of course, people keel over from starvation all the time, but I can’t imagine the Peacekeepers murdering a simpleminded child."
3. Game-makers
"Sadly, rules are rules"
4. Divide and rule
"They're holding hands. I want them dead!"
5. Fear (to block out hope)
6. Cue Cards
7. Surveillance
"Being in the woods is rejuvenating.
...unloading our thoughts while we filled our game bags. This was the doorway to both sustenance and sanity. And we were each other's key."
8. Genetic modification
and nuclear
9. The mass media
10. Elected dictatorship
Hunger Games: Ten Tactics of Cameron's Class Warriors, and how to fight back!
1. Revisionism
"The mayor steps up to the podium and begins to read. It's the same story every year... as our reminder that the Dark Days must never be repeated, it gave us the Hunger Games."
2. Violence
"Of course, people keel over from starvation all the time, but I can’t imagine the Peacekeepers murdering a simpleminded child."
3. Game-makers
"Sadly, rules are rules"
4. Divide and rule
"They're holding hands. I want them dead!"
5. Fear (to block out hope)
6. Cue Cards
7. Surveillance
"Being in the woods is rejuvenating.
...unloading our thoughts while we filled our game bags. This was the doorway to both sustenance and sanity. And we were each other's key."
8. Genetic modification
and nuclear
9. The mass media
10. Elected dictatorship
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