Director fears Trump presidency will affect ‘integrity’ of American filmmakers

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Todd Haynes warned reporters during a press conference that people are in a “state of particular crisis right now in the U.S.

but also globally,” from the start of President Donald Trump’s second term.“I think everyone I know in the U.S. and friends abroad are witnessing this barrage of actions in the first three weeks of the Trump administration with tremendous concern, shock,” Haynes said.“I think that’s been part of the strategy, is to create a sense of destabilization and shock among the people so that how we proceed to coalescing different forms of resistance are still in the works and still being figured out among Democrats,” he continued.Haynes insisted even people who voted for Trump will likely be “quickly disillusioned” over his inability to provide “economic stability.” However, he was more concerned about how this would affect “financiers who are willing to take risk and willing to support strong voices.”“How the return of the Trump presidency will affect filmmaking is a real question hanging over all American filmmakers,” Haynes said. “And it’s a question that extends beyond the world of filmmaking: how do you maintain your own integrity and point of view and speak out to the issues around us… That remains to be seen.”Fellow jury member and film critic Amy Nicholson also spoke out against “people who are trying to divide us” at the same press conference.“I just want to say on my country, I think Americans hear all the time that we are a divided country,” Nicholson said. “I feel like some people in my country agree on just wanting to feel security, security for healthcare, security for housing, that their work has value [and] their lives have dignity.