Posted on 09/15/2022 4:39:17 PM PDT by simpson96
Oscar-winning filmmaker Laura Poitras sharply criticized the Toronto and Venice film festivals Tuesday for programming documentaries connected with former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, suggesting the decision bordered on a “whitewashing” of history.
Her remarks came at the Toronto Film Festival’s Doc Conference, a day after Poitras’s new documentary, All the Beauty and the Bloodshed, made its North American premiere in Toronto. The film about artist Nan Goldin and her crusade against OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma and its owners, the Sackler family, won the Golden Lion at Venice.
Poitras attended Venice, as did Clinton, the latter in support of her Apple TV+ docuseries Gutsy. Clinton and daughter Chelsea Clinton then headed to TIFF, where they unveiled In Her Hands, a documentary executive produced by the Clintons that focuses on one of Afghanistan’s few female mayors.
“It’s alarming to see some of the most powerful people in the world, such as Hillary Clinton, walking a red carpet at Venice, and at TIFF, and saying nothing,” Poitras declared. “And, I would argue, also engaging in a kind of whitewashing. I mean, Hillary Clinton was actively involved in the wars and occupations in Iraq and Afghanistan. She supported the escalation of troops.”
Poitras added pointedly, “I really find it troubling that this is all being forgotten and we’re providing a platform. I mean, documentary is journalism. We stand for facts and holding people accountable. And I don’t understand why there isn’t sort of more interrogation of what that means… I think we really have to look at what this means for the state of documentary.”
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So, basically, Hillary isn’t Left enough for her.
Agreed. It is never about the idea that she should be rotting in prison.
Hmmm. Do I hear PIAPS dialling? Crossing the toons is hazardous to ones health.
Just not for the reason that you do.
Laura Poitras did NOT commit suicide next Tuesday!
“Oscar-winning filmmaker Laura Poitras sharply criticized…”
Hmmmmm, how old is this babe…?
Question is - Will she get much older?
She won an Oscar for her documentary about Edward Snowden. So, my guess is that she's part of that small leftist group that have seen the truth about the Democrat Party but remain fairly liberal. Glenn Greenwald is among them, as is Tulsi Gabbard.
They are basically ignored by the mainstream media, and don't seem quite comfortable hanging with conservatives.
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