Event

WHY DO THEY HATE US?

Wednesday, March 7th at 7:00pm: Anti-Semitism in France

WHY DO THEY HATE US?
Directed by Alexandre Amiel
Documentary Feature, 81 min, France, 2016, French with English subtitles
NY Premiere
Followed by a Panel discussion

In 2015, French and Belgian-born ISIS terrorists massacred civilians in Paris, including at the office of the satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo and the famed Bataclan Theatre. Motivated by these attacksthe deadliest in France since World War IIand his sons questions about the murderers, Alexandre Amiel, a French-Moroccan Sephardi filmmaker and veteran reporter, produced a trilogy of documentaries exploring hatred from the perspectives of its primary victims in French society by profiling three representatives: himself, Amelle Chahbi (a comedienne of Moroccan descent), and Lucien Jean-Baptiste (an actor and director who was born in the Caribbean). This NY premiere of the episode relating to anti-Semitism is a must-see in this age of rising religious and racial hatreds, nationalist chauvinism, and violence.