The day after the October 7 terror attacks Times Square teemed with anti-Israeli voices.
And they only grew louder.
“October 8” chronicles the antisemitism spike following the worst terror attack since 9/11. Director Wendy Sachs (“Surge”) connects the harrowing dots, from Hamas hijacking the Left’s talking points to the inscrutable silence of human rights groups.
What emerges is a vital document for our times. One talking head wonders if we’re living in 1930s-style Germany, the moment before antisemitism became deadly on a mass scale.
We’re not there yet. The current normal remains unacceptable, framed by cowardice from those claiming to protect marginalized groups.
“October 8” is relentless, necessary and never less than shocking.
The film opens with October...
