October 8

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October 8

Released Mar 14

1h 40m

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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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Alissa Simon

Variety

The informative film calls attention to an important issue, but viewers should recognize that the perspective is one-sided.

Mar 26, 2025

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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

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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

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Nora Lee Mandel

Maven's Nest

Among a broad range of interviews, testimonies on the impacts of antisemitic verbal attacks in person and online include details by several American Jewish women that are the most impactful, esp. at U.S. colleges. But the conspiratorial evidence is thin.

Rated: 6/10

Mar 31, 2025

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Frank J. Avella

The Contending

October 8 should be required viewing for all college and university students and everyone who ever posted or reposted anything about Gaza and the conflict.

Rated: A

Mar 27, 2025

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Siddhant Adlakha

JoySauce.com

It's not very good or convincing as a piece of cinema, though its straightforward, flimsy form likely won’t matter when it’s preaching to the choir.

Mar 24, 2025

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How

A very important film highlighting the perplexing explosion of antisemitism after the horrific terrorist attack by the Islamist terrorist group Hamas on innocent Jewish civilians.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

04/01/25

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Randy

This movie is a must see - the unfortunate part is that the people who need to see it won't.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

03/28/25

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Jspen

Powerful, relevant and necessary

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

03/28/25

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Bruce B

Excellent film documentary revealing the complex ways in which terror supporters have crept into our universities.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

03/28/25

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Sherwin M

The movie showed the extreme cruelty of Hamas, and it revealed the extreme antisemitism in the U.S. and the U.N. Very important for all open minded people to see.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

03/28/25

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Michael F

I felt that this film was done phenomenally. The filmmaker did an excellent job keeping it non-political. They focused on the events that took place and the horrors that followed both in the Middle East and in America.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

03/28/25

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Michael Rapaport

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Ritchie Torres

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Mosab Hassan Yousef

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Sheryl Sandberg

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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
Distributor: Briarcliff Entertainment
Genre: Documentary
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Mar 14, 2025, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Apr 1, 2025
Box Office (Gross USA): $234.5K
Runtime: 1h 40m

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