Pregled posta

Marketing

I would estimate the crowed between 750 and a thousand for this protest. It was truly great to see such a diverse group show up, especially the Jews against the occupation. The march went up 6th Ave from Greeley Park to Bryant Park on 42nd St. where it ended in the typical fashion in a pen. The crowed chanted "free free Gaza now" and was overall very upbeat with the exception of a few words being exchanged with an angry young Jewish man who insisted "Israel was only defending itself."

As an American I feel the need to speak out on this issue for a number of reasons. The most obvious is Americas public, undying and unquestioning support for the Zionist regime. The other big reason is the support the mainstream media gives Israel, not only by journalists, editors and opinion talking heads but in subtler ways with language and photos. Contrary to these aforementioned issues many Americans do not support the Zionist movement and see the mess Israel has created with the urging of western powers. Many assume this is because Israel has so much influence in the American political system but I think that’s only a small part of us support for the Zionists. I think the larger issue is that Israel is a proxy for the US, it serves as a watchdog in a vast sea of sand filled with “hostile” Muslim nations. It acts as a proxy when dealing with countries like Iran and Syria by bombing suspected nuclear sites.

Just today I was listening to Meet The Press, its a news program that airs on Sundays here in the states. One of the guests was Democratic Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid. When pressed on the issue of civilian casualties Reid promptly changed the subject, using the old tactic of answering the question he wished had been asked instead of the one put forth. Reid said that Israel was only defending itself and if the US were taking rocket fire from Toronto Canada we would act in kind. He then went on to say that Israel “gave” Gaza back to the Palestinians as a measure of good will and a display of peace. Well, if Gaza were never stolen and the other land not settled by the Jews there would be no rocket fire. Its easy to pick a point on a time line of this conflict and say such and such started here and caused this or that invasion. But the simple truth of the matter is that Israel should never have settled where and how it did in the first place. Why must the Palestinians bare the burden of a group hated and persecuted across Europe only to commit those same offenses against those whom they displaced?

In an effort to be completely honest I am an atheist and I hate Abrahamic religions. I think they are tools of intolerance and oppression so this is not about religion for me. It is about an oppressed race of people having the crime of apartheid committed against them.

The movie we've been working on is in the can, aside from some fairly minor voice-work and one very simple shot that needs re-doing.

I think I have stumbled upon a key to making movies (and probably to doing anything else, for that matter): Get a lot of smart, creative, talented people signed up in various capacities, and then shut up and get out of their way while they do what they're good at.

The amount of talent working on this little movie has been jaw-dropping. Directors, actors, cinematographers, photographers, acting coaches, general creative consultants, the editor (whose work is still to come), even the folks who showed up to donate their free time as extras or miscellaneous crew.

I'm not particularly good at any of this stuff, but I'm smart enough to know my limitations, and lucky enough to have talented people around me who are willing to donate their free time to working on movies.