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A Dutch Theater Dropped Its October 7 Screening of 'NAZA.' The Real Question Is What It Never Showed.

Filmhuis Lumen in Delft booked the Venice-crowned documentary for the third anniversary of the Hamas massacres, then quietly pulled that date after an online outcry. A small win, and a lesson: the fight over this film isn't about banning it. It's about the four Israeli films this theater never put on its screen.

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'NAZA' in Venice: When Counting the Casualties Becomes the Crime

When IMDb Erases "Israel": The Database Wars Have Begun

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