Australian documentary on cancel culture quashing Jewish artists is itself canceled
An Australian documentary on how antisemitic cancel culture post-Oct. 7 has manifested itself in the world of art has itself been “canceled,” with the country’s major film festivals and its two public broadcasters refusing to screen the film, the documentary’s producer and director said on Sunday.The film ‘Cancelled,’ which portrays the doxing of Jewish artists in Australia following the Hamas-led attack on southern Israel three years ago, will premiere at the Jewish International Film Festival in Australia in September after the high-profile Sydney and Melbourne film festivals both rejected the movie.“The fact that the film itself has ironically gotten canceled vindicates the whole film in the form of a Greek tragedy,” the documentary’s filmmaker, Danny Ben-Moshe, told JNS. “At first I found it massively disappointing, but then I found it affirmative in that it proved the whole thesis of the film and left no room for doubt.”The 88-minute documentary, which…
An Australian documentary titled 'Cancelled,' which explores the doxing of Jewish artists in Australia following the October 7 Hamas attack, has itself been rejected by major film festivals and national public broadcasters in Australia. Filmmaker Danny Ben-Moshe stated that the film's rejection ironically "vindicates the whole film in the form of a Greek tragedy," proving its thesis about antisemitic cancel culture. The 88-minute documentary, featuring prominent Australian Jewish artists like Nina Sanadze, will instead premiere at the Jewish International Film Festival in September and air on News24 Australia. Ben-Moshe expressed concern that the country's cultural institutions' refusal to screen the film, even after a state inquiry on antisemitism, indicates a bleak future for Australian Jews, suggesting that "antisemitism is not just about hating Jews but about the inability to empathize with Jews."
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