Why ask award recipients to give a speech if you just plan on censoring them?
whtslifwthutfuriae on
fuck them and good on her
Substantial-Word2848 on
That this occured only days after the BAFTAs brouhaha is insane – these film bodies en masse are seemingly intent on restaging the Sideshow Bob rake step sequence any time they can.
Free Palestine!
AreYouDecent on
Brought it all on themselves
FewWatermelonlesson0 on
It’s actually insane none of these award shows have heard of the Streisand Effect.
Just willing to bring on all this avoidable backlash to protect a foreign government’s war crimes.
moemegaiota on
Where does film criticism fit in the show business model today?
entropybegins on
They did land acknowledgments then silenced an indigenous award winner…
> Unfortunately, I can’t in good faith participate in an organization that kicked off the awards ceremony with a land acknowledgement, and then proceeded to minimize the sole acceptance speech delivered by an Indigenous artist. The BAFTA‘s had faced criticism just recently for censoring Akinola Davies Jr’s speech, and I find it surprising that we didn’t learn that lesson.
theagonyaunt on
Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers was not in attendance at the ceremony, but sent her acceptance speech via a pre-recorded video and what she says happens is someone edited out a portion where she mentioned the ongoing genocide in Gaza, which she shared as a transcript with the Canadian Press:
>When we were shooting Sweet Angel Baby, October 7th happened and it changed everything. I just want to say that my heart continues to be with the people of Palestine who are experiencing this ongoing genocide and thank you to anyone in this industry who’s been brave enough to say anything.
The TFCA former president (who has since resigned in the aftermath), Johanna Schneller, claimed that Tailfeathers’ speech was edited down for timing/length as was done with other recipients’ speech, however Tailfeathers rebuked this claim, writing to the Canadian Press that her reference to Palestine (as seen above) was two sentences long and she believes “a choice was made to neutralize and censor my words.”
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Why ask award recipients to give a speech if you just plan on censoring them?
fuck them and good on her
That this occured only days after the BAFTAs brouhaha is insane – these film bodies en masse are seemingly intent on restaging the Sideshow Bob rake step sequence any time they can.
Free Palestine!
Brought it all on themselves
It’s actually insane none of these award shows have heard of the Streisand Effect.
Just willing to bring on all this avoidable backlash to protect a foreign government’s war crimes.
Where does film criticism fit in the show business model today?
They did land acknowledgments then silenced an indigenous award winner…
> Unfortunately, I can’t in good faith participate in an organization that kicked off the awards ceremony with a land acknowledgement, and then proceeded to minimize the sole acceptance speech delivered by an Indigenous artist. The BAFTA‘s had faced criticism just recently for censoring Akinola Davies Jr’s speech, and I find it surprising that we didn’t learn that lesson.
Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers was not in attendance at the ceremony, but sent her acceptance speech via a pre-recorded video and what she says happens is someone edited out a portion where she mentioned the ongoing genocide in Gaza, which she shared as a transcript with the Canadian Press:
>When we were shooting Sweet Angel Baby, October 7th happened and it changed everything. I just want to say that my heart continues to be with the people of Palestine who are experiencing this ongoing genocide and thank you to anyone in this industry who’s been brave enough to say anything.
The TFCA former president (who has since resigned in the aftermath), Johanna Schneller, claimed that Tailfeathers’ speech was edited down for timing/length as was done with other recipients’ speech, however Tailfeathers rebuked this claim, writing to the Canadian Press that her reference to Palestine (as seen above) was two sentences long and she believes “a choice was made to neutralize and censor my words.”