Board of Deputies of British Jews attempts to censor Palestinian film

‘A group of artists and writers has accused one of the UK’s leading Israel lobby groups of attempting to censor a Palestinian film showing at the Barbican arts center in London.
Artists for Palestine UK wrote an open letter on Wednesday asking “how many other galleries, theaters, universities or community spaces have received similar demands” from the Board of Deputies of British Jews.
In the Future They Ate From the Finest Porcelain is a short film by Palestinian director Larissa Sansour and Danish writer Søren Lind.
The Board of Deputies wrote to the Barbican last week demanding the film’s removal from a science fiction film season.
Sansour has accused the Board of Deputies of “intimidation” tactics, but thanked the Barbican for their defense of the film. She wrote on Facebook that she hoped they would not be deterred “from selecting thought-provoking or potentially controversial work in the future.”’
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