Mehdi Hasan
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Why Ava DuVernay Urges Hollywood to Stand Up on Trump & Gaza
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31:56Now PlayingLike many mainstream media outlets, Hollywood studios are cozying up to Donald Trump — and writers and actors fear retaliation for speaking out about politics. But award-winning director Ava DuVernay refuses to bend the knee, and she joins Mehdi Hasan in this Substack Live to discuss it all.
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Ava asks Mehdi how journalists, artists, AND everyday people can fight back against Trump’s chaos. And Mehdi asks about Ava’s refusal to tip-toe around the genocide in Gaza. She calls out the pressure to stay silent, noting that many Oscar attendees hesitated to applaud when ‘No Other Land’ won.
The two also stress the importance of independence which is why Ava started her new Substack, Onward with Ava DuVernay
_“What do the artists have to say about it? Shouldn’t we be engaged more deeply – beyond just the things that we make – but the process, the way we make them, the reason why we make them.”_
Watch the full video to hear this wide-ranging conversation, and see Ava press Mehdi on some of his favorite movies.
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