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Boycott

Sunday, October 23rd, 2022
7:00 pm - 8:45 pm
Details
USA | 2022 | Documentary | 70 min  | English
Category
2022 VT International Film Festival
Film Type
Documentary
Cost
$12; Student w/ID $6; 10 Packs $95; Virtual $12 per household; Free for Pass holders
Location
Main Street Landing Film House
60 Lake Street, 3rd floor
Burlington, VT

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Director
Julia Bacha
Source
Just Vision
Sponsors
Burlington-Bethlehem-Arad Sister City Program

Also showing virtually all day Oct 24-30

As a response to the growing BDS movement, 33 states across the US recently passed legislation barring citizens from engaging in any form of boycott relating to the foreign country of Israel. In light of these laws, three brave individuals, with much risk to their livelihoods, are fighting back to preserve what they believe is protected by their First Amendment right to free speech. A newspaper man in Arkansas, an attorney in Arizona, and a speech therapist in Texas all file suit against their respective states for infringement of their constitutional rights. Julia Bacha’s inspiring and informative documentary follows their lawsuits and, in the process, explores the foundations of boycott in America and exposes how this sudden proliferation of anti-BDS laws came to be. ~TW

This screening will be followed by a Q&A with Daniel Nerenberg from the Just Vision team.