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a film by Allen Mondell and Cynthia Salzman Mondell
The Monster Among Us
The Monster Among Us, is Media Projects' latest film about the alarming rise of anti-Semitism in Europe. The film includes excerpts from almost 200 hours of footage shot in Germany, Hungary, France, England, Holland and Belgium.
Anti-Semitism has surfaced on university campuses, in the media, on the streets, on the Internet, at political demonstrations and in seemingly innocent social situations.
The Monster Among Us examines this wave of anti-Semitism against European Jews and their institutions, mainly from the point of view of those who have directly experienced the violence or live every day with the threat.
In recent conversations with American Jews as well as non-Jews, it's surprising by how many are un-informed about the problem. Some have heard about the violence in France, but most are totally unaware of what's happening in the rest of Europe.
Anti-Semitism has surfaced on university campuses, in the media, on the streets, on the Internet, at political demonstrations and in seemingly innocent social situations.
The Monster Among Us examines this wave of anti-Semitism against European Jews and their institutions, mainly from the point of view of those who have directly experienced the violence or live every day with the threat.
In recent conversations with American Jews as well as non-Jews, it's surprising by how many are un-informed about the problem. Some have heard about the violence in France, but most are totally unaware of what's happening in the rest of Europe.
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- As a non-profit organization, Media Projects finances its work through tax-deductible contributions. Major contributors have included: National Endowment of the Arts Texas Committee for the Humanities Hillcrest Foundation Harold Simmons Foundation Meadows Foundation Zale Foundations Lilly Endowment, Inc. Moody Foundation IBM Mobil Oil Foundation Target Stores Anheuser-Busch, Inc. The Summerlee Foundation Xerox Corporation Division of Cultural Affairs of the Dallas Parks and Recreation Department
7 comments:
Congratulations on your new blog! I am so proud of Media Projects for joining the rest of the film community in the 21st century! Best of luck with your film!
I had the privilege of seeing The Monster Among Us this evening. Really well done and very disturbing. It made me think back to my last visit to Paris a few years ago. I had a chance to visit with my cousin Marie-Christine, yes she is very Jewish and very French, having been born in Paris during the Nazi occupation. I brought up the question of Islamic antisemitism with her after driving through sections of Paris that looked more like Damascus. My cousin, a highly educated woman and prominent lawyer, really shocked me by telling me that antisemitism is only a problem in "those neighborhoods" and that those people, who she referred to as the Pieds-Noirs, were not really a serious threat. I thought to myself, how could nine million Muslims in France many of them unwilling or unable to assimilate into French society, not be a threat? I will ask her again, after viewing this film, if she still feels the same way. Congratulations to the Mondells on a courageous film.
Last night was the first time Allen and I screened
our film to a crowd. We appreciate that AFI Dallas selected our film out of thousands of films that competed for the festival. The discussion afterwards was very enlightening. As filmmakers we can document and present. Hopefully, THE MONSTER
AMONG US will reach enough people who
will be able to find a plan to stop the Monster.
That the general American public has been duped vis-a-vis anti-Semitism is an understatement. Hatred towards the Jewish people has been a constant in history. How common (as well as wrong) is it the animosity among some that blames the Jews for the world's ailments. This film by the Mondells serves to enlighten us with regard to the increasing hatred towards the Jews. The Islamic push to eliminate Israel, slaughter the Jews and control the world through a central Caliphate is ignored or excused as fantasy. That the world ignores or dismisses this push to kill Jews and spread hatred is almost surreal in light of the Holocaust. Wake up America!
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We have a great interview of you from the Red Carpet at Dallas AFI -- we need your trailer sent to use via our Large File Transfer top of our site menu bar www.RealTVfilms.com -- we will edit the trailer to your interview -- you will love it -- the trailer on your website seems to have a lock on it and we cannot import to our edit software --
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Thanks for coming to Wyoming for the screening last night. It was an eye-opening film, especially from our secluded bubble here in Jackson Hole.
What was interesting/disheartening amongst the interviewees was the fact that no one mentioned the option of moving to the US. It seemed as if their only option was Israel.
"The Monster Among Us" was disturbing in the right way. It opened my eyes to the reality of "new" anti-Semitism in Europe, and how it is connected to conflict in the Middle East. The intimate, candid interviews and personal accounts of intolerance brought home the film's message in a powerful way.
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