The axing of the screening of a film about Jeremy Corbyn by Glastonbury is a disgraceful act of censorship caused by outside pressure groups, the film’s producer claims.
The producer Norman Thomas said: “Outside pressure groups have declared war on our film. They wrote to the festival’s sponsors, including Vodaphone, and whipped up huge storm of complaints about the film claiming, without any foundation whatsoever, that the film is antisemitic.”
Mr Thomas continued: “The claim that the film is antisemitic is a total lie. The festival organisers even had a lawyer examine the film who pronounced it totally devoid of antisemitism. On top of that, most of the principal commentators in the film are actually Jewish, so, by banning this film, the festival is actually banning Jews.”
Narrated by Alexei Sayle, the documentary, “Oh Jeremy Corbyn – The Big Lie”, claims Jeremy Corbyn was a victim of a concerted smear campaign, that Keir Starmer played a deceptive “spy cop” role in Corbyn’s shadow cabinet and that Starmer is now waging a witch-hunt in the party.
Mr Thomas pointed out that the festival has been advertising the screening on their website for almost a month, but the lobbyists have timed their attack on it now, with just a few days to go before the festival starts, to do maximum damage.
Mr Thomas said: “The people behind this attack are skilled in what they do. They don’t want people to know the truth and they don’t want films like this to be seen. And they know how to put the boot in.”
The screening of the film in the festival was due to be followed by a discussion with Ken Loach, who also appears in the film.
Mr Thomas said: “The same people who have got our film banned are also viciously attacking Ken. Next thing they’ll be trying to get his much-praised films banned, too.”
“This has gone on long enough. Journalists, who know very well what’s going on, have to stand up and call this out for what it is: rank censorship. The problem is, if they do, they fear being accused of antisemitism. But if enough of us stand together the accusation won’t stick and this madness will end.”
In the meantime, though, according to Mr Thomas, the banning of the film seems to have backfired in a big way. He said: “Since news of the ban has got out, we have been inundated by people wanting to organise screenings of the film in towns across the country. They want to see what these self-appointed censors don’t want them to see.”
He said: “Since being launched in London earlier this year the film has been taken up and screened by local groups in hundreds of towns across the country, from Penzance to Glasgow. Now the screenings are just going on and on.”
To see a trailer of the film, go to https://youtu.be/9TACIA7oSIk.
For details of other screenings of the film go to https://www.facebook.com/platformfilmsuk/ or email [email protected].
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