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Hillary Clinton, Film Market Hit by Protests in Berlin as Pro-Palestinian Group Calls for Boycott of German Cultural Institutions
Ongoing protests in the German capital against the Israeli war in Gaza reached Hillary Clinton and attendees of the Berlinale’s EFM this week.
The event followed a Feb. 18 protest at the EFM, where activists laid down on the front steps of the Gropius Bau drenched in mock blood with a sign reading, “Welcome to the Red Carpet.” Inside the building others unfurled pro-Palestinian banners from the upper floor. January saw the launch of the Strike Germany initiative in response to the country’s alleged restrictions on expressions of solidarity with Palestine, which has led to limitations on demonstrations, canceled exhibitions and events, and firings and resignations at cultural and scientific institutions. That same month a symposium on the work of Black filmmaker Skip Norman organized by the German Film Office at the Goethe Institute in New York City was canceled after a Strike Germany protest disrupted the event.
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