‘October 8’ Review: A Searing Look at the Eruption of Antisemitism on College Campuses and Social Media

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Alissa Simon Film Critic Propounding one specific pro-Israel, American Jewish point-of-view, the independently financed social-issue documentary “October 8” charts and laments the alarming increase in antisemitism — particularly on university campuses and in social media — following the Oct.

7 Hamas incursion into Israel that resulted in over 1,200 deaths and the taking of 251 hostages. To make her passionate, if not particularly nuanced argument, director Wendy Sachs assembles a large cast of talking heads, including well-known figures, academics, journalists, leaders of Jewish organizations and those who monitor extremism.

More emotional and personal testimony comes from a survivor of the attack, as well as from U.S. college students whose public support for Israel earned them a deluge of online hate.

The informative film calls attention to an important issue, but viewers should recognize that the perspective is one-sided. Israel’s response to the attacks is mentioned only in passing and the interviewees don’t seem to want to accept that one man’s terrorist can be another man’s freedom fighter.