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Joaquin Phoenix and More Support Jonathan Glazer’s Oscars Speech in Open Letter
His fully prepared remarks loosely echoed Gaza cease-fire protests outside the ceremony.
In this case, a banal word like traffic dulls the reality of what occurred in Los Angeles on March 10, as hundreds of protesters with Film Workers for Palestine and SAG-AFTRA Members for Ceasefire blocked roadways making explicit calls for “No awards amid a genocide” and forcing guests to get out of their cars, walk, or hitch a ride on a golf cart. As protests raged outside, Jonathan Glazer, shaking with conviction, brought his own antiwar sentiments to the 96th Academy Awards, taking his action to the stage with the for his stark Holocaust drama, The Zone of Interest. Thank you to the Academy for this honor and to our partners A24, Film4, Access, and Polish Film Institute; to the Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum for their trust and guidance; to my producers, actors, collaborators.
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