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Does she not realize the Saudis are major space owners?
I think two things can be true…
- The film industry in Saudi Arabia is currently a more favorable environment for creative voices (compared to the cold, calculated movie executives in U.S.)
- They’re funding it with blood money
One doesn’t forgive, justify, or defend the other though
Did we all forget about Jamal Khashoggi? What is this white washing going on?
It’s blatantly deliberate.
She went on to add, “There’s so much I’m learning from being here,” before musing, “In the States it feels really grim; and even in the less than 24 hours that I’ve been here [in Saudi Arabia], I have a renewed faith in cinema.”
Bruh
The ignorance of Saudi human rights abuses has to be deliberate at this point.
