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‘October 8’ Review: Emotive Doc Explores The Disturbing Rise Of Antisemitism In America
‘October 8’ review: Wendy Sachs' emotive doc explores the disturbing rise of antisemitism in America
Rapaport’s candid outburst speaks to the documentary’s central thesis, which is that the attack on Israel by terrorist group Hamas on October 7, 2023, has led to a rise in antisemitism in America — much of it under the guise of anti-Zionism — of a kind not seen since the Second World War. The film’s title refers to the immediate aftermath of that day, as the east and west coast began processing the news, but, really, October 8 is about what one of its talking heads calls “the unfathomable chain reaction” that it sparked, much of it in the student world. The second half, meanwhile, takes a generational view of what’s happening, and, most pointedly of all, wonders aloud why Americans continue to turn an almost willfully blind eye to the savagery of that day — the murder, the rape, the torture — and what’s broken in society that causes people to tear down posters of those taken hostage.
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