Oscar is a Zionist Racist

The Academy Goes to War with the Bush Administration in the Oscar
Race

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has decided to refuse
the Palestinian entry, "Divine Intervention", for the nomination of
Best Foreign Film, while accepting submissions from countries like
Afghanistan, Bangladesh, and Chad.

This decision has been expedited under the false pretext that the
Academy doesn't recognize Palestine as a nation. It would be
interesting to read the definition of "nation" as seen by the Academy
of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

What the Academy knows and therefore reminds everybody, is that the
government of each nation is allowed to submit one film to represent
its country. This more or less defines the right for a film to be
presented.
Therefore, as long as the Palestinian government had agreed to submit
"Divine Intervention" by Elie Souleimane, the Academy had no right to
refuse to include it in the selection, unless the Academy, sitting
atop
its unchallenged power and authority doesn't recognize the
Palestinian
government. That would be unfortunate.

Even the Bush administration, although they would prefer that such
government doesn't exist, was able to communicate and negotiate with
Palestine, thus recognizing its existence. If Palestine doesn't exist
in the movie world, why then was the same "Divine Intervention"
selected as a Palestinian entry at the Cannes Film Festival this
year?
I'm sure that by now, Palestinian filmmakers - and there are a few,
very talented people - wonder what nationality they are. Israeli? How
ironic!

As we very well know, the Israeli government would never choose to
send
to Hollywood, a Palestinian film to represent its country. So for the
Academy,it's probable that Palestinian films simply cannot be
submitted, denying in a way, their right to exist.

Sounds familiar? Isn't it in the Constitution of the Academy, or at
least in its principles, to promote art without any distinction of
race, religion or politics? Well, sometimes, the Bush administration
would use the phrase "in times of war."

Now that art has to be put to the service of politics, it seems to me
that the Academy and the entire Hollywood film industry has lost yet
another piece of its credibility.

By Phil Ed for Au-Cinema.com


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