We reject antisemitism in all its forms, including when it masquerades as criticism of Zionism or Israel’s policies. We also recognize that, as journalist Peter Beinart wrote in 2019, “Anti-Zionism is not inherently antisemitic and claiming it is uses Jewish suffering to erase Palestinian experience.”
Now streaming on: Stand Clear of the Closing Doors is one of those films of which detractors say nothing happens and fans say everything happens. Its hero is a boy named Ricky (Jesus Valez) who lives with his family in the beachside neighborhood of Far Rockaway, Queens. He has a spectrum disorder. His 15-year-old sister (Azul Zorrilla) walks him home from school every day because he has no concept of danger. She s easily irritated by her brother, who s a handful even when he s in a quiet mood, and is prone to sudden, bizarre actions and gestures. Ricky s mother Mariana (Andrea Suarez Paz) dotes on him, while worrying that he ll never be able to live by himself and that his condition is just barely manageable.