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Spielberg, anti-Semitism grows when it is not spoken about

2023-04-25T17:48:32.496Z


"We cannot talk about anti-Semitism without talking about xenophobia and racism, it is very important to face them together. (ANSA)


(ANSA) - ROME, APRIL 25 - "One cannot speak of anti-Semitism without speaking of xenophobia and racism, it is very important to face them together. Between 2021 and 2022 anti-Semitism incidents rose by 36% in this country, the highest increase since when it began, in 1979, to monitor the phenomenon (an activity carried out in the US by the Anti-Defamation League, ed) and in my life I have never seen a negative situation like the one that exists now".

Steven Spielberg says it at the TIME100 Summit 2023: Innovation for Tomorrow, the meeting organized in New York by Time magazine with personalities from every field, from politics to culture, from science to activism.


    In a 20-minute panel, the director addressed various topics, including the commitment against anti-Semitism and racism with the Shoah Foundation, which he founded: "To raise awareness of these topics, we start with schools - he explains -. The best way to fight anti-Semitism and racism is keep talking about it, because as soon as you stop doing it, these phenomena get worse".


    Coming to the cinema, Spielberg also revealed that he had seen James Mangold's Indiana Jones and the Quadrant of Destiny, the fifth film in the saga, and the first that the filmmaker did not sign as director but only as executive producer: "I attended a screening a couple of days he does with James Mangold and many Disney managers. They all loved the film, it's very very good, I'm proud of what Jim (Mangold, ed.) did. When the lights came back on in the room I turned to the group and he said ' Damn, I thought I was the only one capable of making one of these'" he says with a smile.

The director also dwelt on the future of cinema in theaters, once again emphasizing the important role played by Maverick with TomCruise in re-crowding theaters: what "a little more scares is the fact that the public,

especially the older one, isn't returning to theaters for mid-range films, dramas or even comedies.

These are numbers that we need to be able to say that cinema in theaters has returned unhealthy.

But I'm optimistic". (ANSA).


Source: ansa

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