Israeli Pride: Film on Hostage Posters Wins Emmy in New York

The documentary "Torn," which focuses on the hostage poster campaign in New York after October 7, won a New York Emmy Award in the cultural documentary category. Director Nimrod Shapira documented the clashes surrounding the posting and tearing down of the posters, and said the film deals with free speech and cancel culture.

The documentary "Torn," directed by Nimrod Shapira, won a New York Emmy Award in the cultural documentary category. The film documents the hostage poster campaign placed on the streets of New York after the October 7 massacre, and the clashes that developed around their posting and removal. Shapira filmed the documentary over the first three months of the war, constructing it from interviews with ten New York residents. According to him, the film is not just about posters, but about free speech, cancel culture, and what he calls "the tearing of the city's social fabric." The award was presented as part of the 69th ceremony of the New York chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (NATAS).