German TV Network ARD Accused Of Censorship For Shelving Broadcast Of Palestinian Director Annemarie Jacir’s Feature ‘Wajib’ Due To Israel-Hamas Conflict
deadline.comEXCLUSIVE: German broadcasting network ARD has been accused of censorship following its decision to pull a scheduled broadcast of Palestinian director Annemarie Jacir’s 2017 feature Wajib due to the Israel-Hamas conflict.
The film’s German co-producer Titus Kreyenberg told Deadline that Wajib had been due to air this Sunday (November 19), with the programming slot set for months and already announced in TV listings. “It’s been taken off the schedule.
Internally, we were told that it was decided that this was not the time to show a Palestinian film,” said Kreyenberg who works under the banner of Berlin and Cologne-based Unafilm with recent credits including Octopus Skin and A Woman.
Deadline has contacted ARD – a joint network involving 10 German regional public broadcasters – as well as Hamburg-based member NDR, which backed the production.
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