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Joaquin Phoenix, Elliott Gould, and Chloe Fineman are amongst greater than 150 Jewish creatives who’ve signed an open letter supporting Jonathan Glazer’s Oscars speech on Gaza.

The director of Holocaust movie The Zone of Interest condemned navy motion in opposition to Palestinians within the strip, as he accepted the Academy Award for Best International Film, together with his speech being each celebrated and criticised.

Now Joker star Joaquin Phoenix, Ocean’s Eleven actor Elliott Gould and Saturday Night Live’s Chloe Fineman have joined a name to defend Glazer.

“Our film shows where dehumanisation leads at its worst,” Glazer had mentioned on the occasion.

“Right now, we stand here as men who refute their Jewishness and the Holocaust being hijacked by an occupation, which has led to conflict for so many innocent people – whether the victims of October the 7th in Israel or the ongoing attack on Gaza – all the victims of this dehumanisation… how do we resist?”

Other signees embrace Phoenix’s sister Rain, three-time Oscar nominee Debra Winger, Sorry to Bother You director Boots Riley, Fargo filmmaker Joel Coen, Gossip Girl actor Tavi Gevinson, Room director Lenny Abrahamson, former CEO of Focus photos James Schamus, The Princess Bride actor Wallace Shawn, Bottoms director Emma Seligman, and Broad City stars Ilana Glazer and Abbi Jacobson, based on Variety.

“I signed this letter to help counter the climate of silencing that many workplaces and industries are facing around Israel’s war on Gaza, now entering its seventh month,” Ilana Glazer advised Variety.

“This controversy surrounding Jonathan Glazer is just one example.”

Schamus added: “It has been weeks since Jonathan Glazer’s acceptance speech at the Academy Awards, but, as we’re reminded by this week’s unconscionable killing of seven World Center Kitchen aid workers — and of countless more Palestinian civilians — his plea for humanity has only become more urgent, as has our duty as Jewish creatives to protest the vicious smear campaign waged against him.”

It comes because the speech divided the business with Spider-Man actor Kirsten Dunst, Ruby Sparks star Zoe Kazan, band Massive Attack, filmmaker Ken Loach, and I’m A (*150*) creator Boots Riley exhibiting assist for the director whereas many Jewish creatives together with Debra Messing and Eli Roth signed an open letter denouncing it.

The textual content of the letter opens: “We are Jewish artists, filmmakers, writers and creative professionals who support Jonathan Glazer’s statement from the 2024 Oscars. We were alarmed to see some of our colleagues in the industry mischaracterize and denounce his remarks.

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“Their attacks on Glazer are a dangerous distraction from Israel’s escalating military campaign which has already killed over 32,000 Palestinians in Gaza and brought hundreds of thousands to the brink of starvation. We grieve for all those who have been killed in Palestine and Israel over too many decades, including the 1,200 Israelis killed in the Oct. 7 Hamas attacks and the 253 hostages taken.”

It continues: “The attacks on Glazer also have a silencing effect on our industry, contributing to a broader climate of suppression of free speech and dissent, the very qualities our field should cherish. Glazer, Tony Kushner, Steven Spielberg and countless other artists of all backgrounds have decried the killing of Palestinian civilians. We should all be able to do the same without being wrongly accused of fueling antisemitism,” and concludes, “We honor the Holocaust by saying: Never again for anyone.”

The full assertion might be learn right here.

Others to signal the letter in assist of Glazer embrace documentary maker Amy Berg, comic Kate Berlant, Zola creator Janicza Bravo, and IndieWire movie critic David Ehrlich.

Glazer’s film The Zone of Interest follows an Auschwitz officer and his spouse dwelling simply metres away from the focus camp.

He has joined We Need to Talk About Kevin star Tilda Swinton, presenter Louis Theroux, Sex Education’s Aimee Lou Wood, Bridgerton‘s Penelope Featherington actor Nicola Coughlan and Doctor Who‘s Peter Capaldi and Jenna Coleman to donate gadgets to Cinema for Gaza. The initiative seeks to boost funds for Medical Aid for Palestinians.