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Friday, September 4, 2009

Ken Loach, Jane Fonda, Danny Glover, Alice Walker and others protest film festival about Tel Aviv

BDS Movement
An international group of more than 50 prominent filmmakers, writers, artists and academics –including Ken Loach, David Byrne, Naomi Klein, Alice Walker, Jane Fonda,Wallace Shawn and Danny Glover – has signed a letter protesting the TorontoInternational Film Festival’s decision to spotlight the city of Tel Aviv andthe work of 10 Israeli filmmakers.

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