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CNN 5 Things

One Thing: Hollywood Promised Increased Inclusion. Jews Say They Were Left Out.

CNN 5 Things

CNN

News, Daily News

3.71.3K Ratings

🗓️ 10 March 2024

⏱️ 16 minutes

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Summary

Despite efforts from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to increase diversity, many groups still feel more could be done. In January, hundreds of Hollywood figures urged the Academy to include Jews in its representation and inclusion standards, saying the omission “erases Jewish peoplehood and perpetuates myths of Jewish whiteness.” In this episode, we examine the history of antisemitism in Hollywood and whether diversity initiatives are making a meaningful impact beyond the Oscars.  Guest: Elizabeth Wagmeister, CNN Entertainment Correspondent Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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I saw a movie recently that I cannot stop thinking about. No, not Dune too. I'm talking about the zone of interest.

0:37.0

It's about the Nazi who ran the Auschwitz concentration camp during World War II.

0:48.0

He and his family live literally right outside the camp in a beautiful house.

0:53.0

They have a pristine garden and a pool for the kids.

0:56.5

But on the other side of their garden walls,

0:59.1

unspeakable horrors are unfolding.

1:01.7

And yet this family just goes about their lives.

1:08.0

Now while you do hear what's going on at the camp,

1:11.0

you don't see any of it.

1:12.4

All the horror is off screen it's genocide as white

1:15.9

noise and that's actually been one of the criticisms of the film that there are no Jewish

1:21.2

characters at all.

1:23.0

Now that very well may have been the director's intent,

1:26.0

but it does raise some familiar questions.

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