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Censorship is alive and well despite the best efforts of Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg.

The tech titans have countered the Left’s free speech attacks on X and Meta, respectively. Musk’s X platform allows conservatives to have a voice after years of suppression. Zuckerberg vowed to scrap the biased, censorial “fact-checking” regime in recent days.

That hasn’t deterred NY-based workers at Alamo Drafthouse and other far-Left groups. 

They want to block the screening of “September 5,” a powerful film recalling the 1972 Olympic hostage crisis that left 11 Israeli athletes dead at the hands of Palestinian terrorists. The film has earned rave reviews and should figure prominently in the upcoming Oscars race.

A new petition with roughly 1,000 signatures hopes to cancel the film at the Alamo Drafthouse’s Brooklyn location. The chain runs three theaters in New York City.

Why? 

September 5 is yet another attempt by the Western media to push its imperialist and racist agenda, manufacturing consent for the continued genocide and cultural decimation of Palestine and its peoples….We, NYC Alamo United, wholeheartedly condemn the Alamo’s willingness to profit off of the genocide of Palestine.

The cancellation attempt is hardly surprising. The modern Left routinely tries to censor art that doesn’t align with its worldview. Modern film festivals also steer clear of controversial topics in recent months.

This is worse on a few levels. 

One, the petition features 101 signatures from NYC Alamo United, a union tied to the theater in question. They’ve brazenly trumpeted the petition on X, demanding their employer bend the knee.

Is there an “or else” involved? Not yet.

Sony purchased the Alamo Drafthouse theater chain last year. The company hasn’t issued a formal statement on the matter as of yet.

The Borscht Film Festival seeks the film’s cancellation.

Borscht is a nonprofit with the simple mission to redefine cinema in Miami. Local filmmakers created Borscht in response to the lack of regional infrastructure and support, empowering artists to tell fresh Miami stories.

So does The Kangalee Arts Ensemble.

The KANGALEE ARTS ENSEMBLE, INC. is a 501-C3 BIPOC non-profit theater company devoted to the collision of radical politics, classical theater aesthetics, & the liberation of the actor.

The NYC Alamo Union vows to present the petition to Alamo Drafthouse officials during its January bargaining session, according to the petition.

The film also got benched by the Toronto International Film Festival, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

My understanding is that TIFF outright rejected “September 5”, which was the hottest sales title that played at the Venice and Telluride film fests […] ostensibly because it might generate controversy related to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. So, fearing a backlash, the fest did not screen a film that is going to get a best picture Oscar nomination and maybe even win

This isn’t new.

Pro-Palenstian activists have repeatedly tried to shut down Jewish performers like comic actor Michael Rapaport and singer Matisyahu in recent months. They’ve met with some success, but both stars continue to perform in defiance of such attempts.