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October 8

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The emergence of anti-Semitism on college campuses, in social media and on the streets since October 7, 2023, when Hamas attacked Israel.
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Sam Adams Slate The movie is hugely enlightening, if not solely for the reasons it means to be. Mar 20, 2025 Full Review Michael O'Sullivan Washington Post Without demonizing either side, it shows how Israel’s pattern of mistakes, if not arrogance, may have helped set a pot on the stove that is now boiling over with venom. Rated: 2.5/4 Mar 13, 2025 Full Review Frank Scheck The Hollywood Reporter Like many advocacy documentaries, October 8 does some cherry-picking of facts and draws some questionable conclusions. But there’s no denying the importance of its message. Mar 12, 2025 Full Review Damon Wise Deadline Hollywood Daily Sachs’s emotive and disturbing film doesn’t find many answers to the questions it poses, and is mostly preaching to the converted, but it does shine a much-needed light on a growing, malignant problem. Mar 20, 2025 Full Review Erik Reeds Spectrum Culture A one-sided exercise in blatant and occasionally surreal propaganda, this documentary about anti-Israel sentiment helps no one. Mar 18, 2025 Full Review Daniel M. Kimmel North Shore Movies “October 8” makes no attempt to solve the issues between Israel and Palestinians. It’s a message to all of America: the world’s oldest hate has staged a comeback – what are we going to do about it? Rated: 4/5 Mar 15, 2025 Full Review Read all reviews

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Sholom F Very well done. This isnt a fun movie - its a an eye opener as to what is happening on US campuses and communities since Oct 8th 2023. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 03/21/25 Full Review Linda Very powerful. Thank you for showing such a meaningful movie. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 03/20/25 Full Review Jessica S powerful and moving. a must see for anyone and everyone. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 03/20/25 Full Review Suzanne S An excellent look at what is happening on college campuses with a deep dive into why. Everyone should see this, particularly high school seniors and college students. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 03/20/25 Full Review Tammi Powerful and fact based documentary. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 03/20/25 Full Review Phyllis This eas an excellent documentary to see how Antisemitism exploded after Oct 7 2023 Rated 5 out of 5 stars 03/20/25 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis The emergence of anti-Semitism on college campuses, in social media and on the streets since October 7, 2023, when Hamas attacked Israel.
Director
Wendy Sachs
Producer
Nimrod Erez, Inbal B. Lessner, Kelley Hartmann
Screenwriter
Nimrod Erez, Inbal B. Lessner, Wendy Sachs, Wendy Sachs, Inbal B. Lessner, Nimrod Erez
Distributor
Briarcliff Entertainment
Genre
Documentary
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Mar 14, 2025, Limited
Box Office (Gross USA)
$234.5K
Runtime
1h 40m