[The following statement was issued on 12 May 2014 by Grace Lee Boggs, Danny Glover, Bill Ayers and others in response to news that a documentary on activisit Boggs, American Revolutionary: The Evolution of Grace Lee Boggs, was scheduled to screen at the Doc Aviv documentary film festival in Tel Aviv.]
Statement Regarding Doc Aviv Screening
We stand in solidarity with the people of Palestine, and support their call for cultural and academic boycott of Israel.
As people featured in the film American Revolutionary: the Evolution of Grace Lee Boggs, we were shocked to find the film slated to be screened at the DocAviv festival in Israel on May 13th and 15th. This was scheduled without our knowledge.
We immediately took action to have the film withdrawn from the festival. The festival organizers and film producers informed us that this was not possible and they would move forward with the screening, over our objections.
This film uplifts the life work and legacy of Grace Lee Boggs. She has explicitly stated her support of the boycott and believes this screening is in direct contradiction to her legacy and ongoing work as a revolutionary.
We will pursue opportunities for this film and the ideas within it to be made available in Palestine in a way that supports the movement and will post our response as soon as possible.
Grace Lee Boggs
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William Ayers
Richard Feldman
Danny Glover
Shea Howell
Invincible
Angela Jones
Scott Kurashige
Jenny Lee
Julia Putnam
Ronald Scott
Stephen Ward