Pocantico 2023 Spring Forum: Screening of “Boycott”

A screening of Just Vision’s award-winning documentary Boycott will be followed by a discussion with the film’s director, Julia Bacha, and producer, Suhad Babaa, moderated by Perry Cammack, the program director for Peacebuilding at the Rockefeller Brothers Fund.

Boycott follows the stories of a news publisher in Arkansas, an attorney in Arizona, and a speech therapist in Texas. When forced to choose between their jobs and their political beliefs, they launched legal battles that exposed an attack on freedom of speech across America. A legal thriller with these “accidental plaintiffs” at its center, Boycott is an inspiring tale of everyday Americans standing up to protect their rights in an age of shifting politics and threats to freedom of speech.

The film traces the impact of legislation passed in 34 states that is designed to penalize individuals and companies that boycott Israel due to its human rights record. In 2021, state legislators began to introduce copycat bills taking aim at boycotts of the fossil fuels and firearms industries. More recently, legislators modified those bills to target those organizing for transgender peoples’ rights, abortion access, and workplace equity. Since the start of 2023 alone, over 30 copycat bills have been introduced in state legislatures across the country. Through Boycott, learn more about these laws and their wider implications for the right to voice dissent in America.

Since the film’s launch in 2021, Boycott has screened in over 120 locations, from SXSW in Texas to Hot Docs in Toronto, and has been featured in major outlets including The New York Times, CNN, and MSNBC.

The screening will be followed by a reception with special access to the DR Center gallery, currently showing Inspired Encounters: Women Artists and the Legacies of Modern Art.

Admission Free – Please register using the ticket link below