From KCRW, I'm Kim Masters, and this is the business.

When Russia invaded Ukraine, filmmaker Machik Hamila got a van and started transporting refugees into his native Poland, sometimes at great risk.

Then he decided to film his passengers as they made the journey to safety.

But he kept his priorities straight.

It really didn't change much in the way I was operating. And this was very clear for me from the

beginning is that I'm not going to alter what I was doing before. I'm going to keep on driving.

And the film has to be kind of done in the meantime.

Hamila talks about being just one of thousands of Polish citizens

who rushed to the aid of Ukrainian families fleeing in the midst of the ongoing invasion.

And he shares why he decided to turn the camera away from graphic images of destruction

and focus on the stories of the refugees in his van.

The Morsaw-based filmmaker also explains how he's using proceeds from the film to help finance ongoing support for Ukraine.

But first we banter. Stick around. It's the business from KCRW.

I am joined by my colleague in banter, Matt Bellany.

Hello, Matt.

Hi there.

So a group of celebrities, we are told, have just written a letter to SAGAFTRA.

These are actors, including names like Mark Ruffalo and Cynthia Nixon and Rameyusef.

And they are upset because SAGAFTRA issued a statement after October

7th condemning the horrific attack, the Hamas attack, and has yet to issue a statement addressing

the question of what has happened in Gaza. This is the biggest third rail topic, possibly in the world right now.

I don't know. We have seen multiple people in Hollywood address this, and it didn't go well when

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