Mira Nair Turns Down Invite to Attend Israel Film Festival Filmmaker Mira Nair is seen at the premiere of her film “The Reluctant Fundamentalist” at PVR in Juhu, Mumbai May 15. (Manav Manglani photo) • JERUSALEM,Israel Renowned Indian film director Mira Nair has turned down an invitation to attend Haifa International Film Festival as a guest of honor to protest Israel’s “apartheid policy.” “I will not be going to Israel at this time. I will go to Israel when the walls come down. I will go to Israel when occupation is gone,” Nair tweeted. “I will go to Israel when the state does not privilege one religion over another. I will go to Israel when apartheid is over,” the 55-year-old director wrote. Nair also tweeted that she supports “Palestine for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (PACBI) and the larger Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions (BDS) Movement.” Nair said July 19 that she had been invited to Israel as a guest of honor at the Haifa International Film Festival with her new film “The Reluctant Fundamentalist,” an adaptation of the Mohsin Hamid novel of the same name, which boasts Kate Hudson and Liev Schreiber among its stars. The movie revolves around a Pakistani’s love and subsequent disillusionment with America in the post-9/11 era. The 29th annual Haifa International Film Festival is scheduled to take place in September. A number of prominent artists and academics have cancelled their planned visits to Israel in the past in response to developments in the region. Renowned physicist Stephen Hawking recently pulled out of an appearance at the President’s Conference in June in support of the academic boycott of Israel. __
Posted on: Thu, 25 Jul 2013 02:35:09 +0000
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