Ask Frameline to Discontinue
Relationship with Israeli Consulate
Last
year for the first time in a number of years, the
Israeli Consulate was not a sponsor or copresenter at
the San Francisco International LGBT Film
Festival. While the official reason for this
decision was unrelated to the boycott, we believe that
the campaign of pressure, and specifically the post
cards and letters collected by QUIT and sent to the
directors of Frameline, which presents the festival,
were instrumental in getting the Israeli government out
of the largest queer cultural event in the world.
Please
write, call or email Executive Director KC Price and
Festival Director Jennifer Morris and
let them know you want them to discontinue any official
relationship with the Israeli government.
Frameline, 145 Ninth Street, #300, San
Francisco, CA 94103, 415-703-8650, email info@frameline.org.
The
campaign for BDS in the queer film world is growing by
leaps and bounds. Two prominent international
filmmakers have declined offers to participate in this
year's Tel Aviv International LGBT film festival, and a
third is considering doing the same. Read
about it. This is a critical time to increase
the pressure on queer institutions to take a stand
against apartheid.
For more information
about the international campaign for Boycott, Divestment
and Sanctions:
http://www.bdsmovement.net/.
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