BLACKLISTED for Speaking Out: Javier Bardem on Gaza and Hollywood Censorship

“I really wanted to tell the story of how these political events that we've been reading about for decades, where Palestinians are usually relegated to nameless, faceless headlines — I wanted to tell the story of how these events impact people over time, how they change a family, how they change relationships within the family. I wanted the kind of historical events and the political events to really be background and for the people to be in the foreground — for us to see how people are impacted.” Mehdi Hasan sits down with ‘All That’s Left of You’ director and actor Cherien Dabis and the film’s executive producer Javier Bardem on this episode of ‘Mehdi Unfiltered’ as they discuss the genocide in Gaza, AIPAC’s influence on Hollywood and the real politics behind the film. They also discuss the impact of pro-Israel censorship in Hollywood and beyond, scenes across the film and how they approach Palestinian liberation. 'All That's Left of You' is now playing in select theaters across the US. This interview published last week on zeteo.com. If you want early, exclusive access to this kind of independent, unfiltered journalism — subscribe to our Substack here: https://zeteo.com/subscribe If you want to increase your financial support for our work and help us grow, donate to Zeteo! https://zeteo.com/p/donate-to-zeteo CHAPTERS 00:00 Intro 02:53 Sharing stories on Palestine 05:23 Real politics behind the film 10:13 West Bank and filming in Palestine 13:53 Palestine and Hollywood 16:51 Backlash from Hollywood 18:14 Making films on Palestine 21:21 Solidarity with Palestinians 23:57 ‘All That’s Left of You’ 24:34 Keeping hope Subscribe to Zeteo to support independent and unfiltered journalism: https://zeteo.com/subscribe Find Zeteo: Twitter: https://twitter.com/zeteo_news Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/zeteonews TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@zeteonews Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/zeteo.com Find Mehdi: Substack: https://substack.com/@mehdirhasan Twitter: https://twitter.com/@mehdirhasan Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/@mehdirhasan Tik Tok: https://www.tiktok.com/@mehdirhasan #gaza #javierbardem #news