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Spielberg to direct feature based on Palestinian Uprising
April 16 2002 at 12:47 AM
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Spielberg to direct feature based on Palestinian Uprising
Fri Apr 12, 2:25 AM ET
By Scott Tom Smittey
LOS ANGELES (The Hollywood Reporter) --- In an announcement from
Dream Works, Director Steven Spielberg announced that his latest
project documents the current uprising of Palestinians in the
Occupied West Bank and Gaza (Intifada).
Spielberg, who has previously documented the horrors of the Holocaust
in Shindler's List and World World II in the HBO series
Band of Brothers , hopes that his new project would break the
silence on a subject that until now has been taboo.
In a statement to the Hollywood Reporter Spielberg said:"As an
American Director who also happens to be Jewish, I can no longer stay
silent about what the Israelis and the Zionist movement have been
doing in the name of Judaism and with our tax money." He added
"For years, the Hollywood community know to embrace progressive
issues has been reluctant to tackle the issue of Palestine for fear
of reprisal by what is perceived as a blind Jewish support to Israel
in Hollywood. This needs to change; the sad history of the holocaust
is being repeated again in Palestine at the hands of those who claim
to do it in the name of Judaism. We should not remain silent."
The project is sure to create a huge controversy in an industry that
has been known to shun any pro-Palestinian activities. Actress
Vanessa Redgrave was all but blacklisted from the Hollywood system
after speaking out in favor of Palestinian rights in the seventies.
A Dream Works spokesman declined to comment, saying he had not seen
a copy of the project brief.
