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NATAS Responds To Request To Rescind Emmy Nom For Palestinian Journo Behind Doc “It’s Bisan From Gaza And I’m Still Alive”
NATAS Responds To Request To Renege On Emmy Nom For Palestinian Journo Behind Doc "It’s Bisan From Gaza and I’m Still Alive"
“NATAS must decide – they can either condone the murder of innocent civilians or they can listen to the entertainment community, and stand in opposition to hatred and violence,” said co-founder and Chairman of CCFP, David Renze in a statement. In a letter addressed Ari Ingel, the executive director of Creative Community for Peace, NATAS CEO President Adam Sharp acknowledges that some of the docs have been considered in the past for an Emmy “have been controversial, giving a platform to voices that certain viewers may find objectionable or even abhorrent. NATAS is aware of reports, cited in your letter and initially surfaced by a communications consultant in the region, that appear to show a then-teenaged Bisan Owda speaking at various PFLP-associated events between six and nine years ago.
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