Loft Cinema Responds to Backlash After Protest over 'October 8th' Screening

Loft Cinema responds to backlash after protest over 'October 8th' screening

The statement read in part: "The Loft Cinema chose to screen both 'October 8th' and the documentary 'The Encampments' in response to the high volume of community requests for both films.

Chicago theater cancels screening of post-Oct. 7 documentary, citing community ‘safety and well-being’

(JTA) — A Chicago theater canceled an advance screening of “Bring the Family Home,” a documentary about campus antisemitism, four hours before its showtime, citing “the safety and well-being of our community.” Rami Even-Esh, an Israeli-American Jewish rapper who uses the stage name Kosha Dillz, created the still-unfinished documentary about his music and life on college campuses after Hamas’ Oct. 7, 2023, attack on Israel. The screening was also…

Chicago theater cancels screening of documentary on antisemitism

The theater announced the decision in a since-deleted post on Instagram that night that began with the sentence, “We are firmly not an antisemitic organization.”

US movie theater cancels screening of campus antisemitism documentary citing social m

Facets Cinema’s abrupt cancellation of rapper Kosha Dillz’s antisemitism documentary sparks backlash from Jewish groups, relocation to suburban heatre, and heated debates over campus safety; 'Hate has no place in our cinema'

Chicago theater cancels screening of post-Oct. 7 documentary, citing community 'safety and well-being’ - Jewish Telegraphic Agency

Kosha Dillz, the Jewish rapper who made the film, said, “We are now hostages to a new form of bigotry that is called exclusion”

Jewish Community Center will screen “October 8” documentary about antisemitism

“October 8,” a documentary film about the aftermath of the infamous Palestinian/Hamas attack on Israel, will be shown on May 22 at the White Theatre at the Jewish Community Center of Overland Park. A discussion with several local Jewish leaders will follow the screening. “October 8” offers a look at the explosion of antisemitism on college campuses, social media and in the streets of America beginning the day after the October 7 attack on Israel…