The October 7, 2023 attacks on Israel by Hamas are the worst attacks on Jewish people since the Holocaust. What happened on October 7th included: Mass Shootings, Rocket attacks, Kidnappings and executions, Arson and explosives, and even torture and beheadings. Over 1100 people were killed and 250 were kidnapped.
The new documentary "October 8" is about the day after these horrendous terrorist attacks and the unbelievable backlash, not against Hamas, but against Isreal within Ivy League colleges, including MIT, Harvard, Columbia, and Yale. The level of hostility towards Israel which suffered a terrorist attack where over 1100 people were murdered was an unexpected after-effect showing the high level of antisemitic hatred among the most intelligent, wealthy, and privileged college students in the United States. This entire documentary attempts to uncover the reasons for this hatred and hostility and at the end of these two hours, no answers to this insane backlash that is still ongoing was satisfactorily explained.
Two well-known actors, Debra Messing and Michael Rapaport are the only two members of the movie industry who actively supported Israel during the time after the Hamas attacks - another insane fact about October 7th that makes no sense. Other celebrities including Sheryl Sandberg, Bari Weiss
Kirsten Gillibrand and Scott Galloway also have cameos throughout this film. All of them try to make sense of the hostility towards Israel without any satisfying answers.
I mostly agree with the 79% middle-of-the-road ratings for this film on Rotten Tomatoes, and I am surprised at the very low 5.1 IMDB ratings, given its importance to history. I give this film a moderate recommendation.
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