Netflix Rejects Claims It Deleted Collection of Palestinian Films, Saying Licensing Agreement Is Coming To End
deadline.comNetflix has denied suggestions that it deleted an entire library of Palestinian films, saying the titles are being removed because a three-year licensing period expires in October. “We launched this licensed collection of films in 2021 for three years.
Those licenses have now expired. As always, we continue to invest in a wide variety of quality films and TV shows to meet our members’ needs, and celebrate voices from around the world,” said the platform in response to a query by Deadline.
San Francisco-based human rights organization Freedom Forward has been circulating an open letter and petition calling on Netflix to explain why it had started posting “leaving soon” notifications on at least 19 films by or about Palestinians in recent days.
The films, which were licensed to the platform by Dubai-based Front Row Filmed Entertainment, include Elia Suleiman’s Divine Intervention (2002), Annemarie Jacir’s Salt of this Sea (2008) and Mai Masri’s 3000 Nights (2015), and can still be watched in the U.S.
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