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Boycott (Virtual)

From Monday, October 24th, 2022 to Sunday, October 30th, 2022
Details
USA | 2022 | Documentary | 70 min  | English
Category
2022 VT International Film Festival
Film Type
Documentary
Cost
$12; Student w/ID $6; Virtual $12 per household; Free for Pass holders

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

Also showing in-theater, with Q&A Oct 23

Please note the virtual ticket for this film is only viewable in New England.

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