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Canadian artists fear backlash for speaking on Israel-Palestine
Canadian artists fear backlash for speaking on Israel-Palestine
Thousands signed petitions but many fear losing work or being labelled anti-Semitic By Radheyan Simonpillai
Brennan Suche
Hundreds of demonstrators gathered at Yonge-Dundas Square on May 22 to protest Israeli government actions in Gaza
Documentary filmmaker and activist John Greyson, writer Rinaldo Walcott, and musicians Mustafa and Broken Social Scene are among the Canadian artists who put their names to petitions showing unprecedented support for the Palestinian cause during Israel’s bombing campaign on Gaza last month.
But sustained pushback from pro-Israel groups still prevents many from speaking out for the fear of losing work or being labelled anti-Semitic.
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Edgar Wright’s
continues to celebrate its (COVID-belated) 10th anniversary this year, as Wright announced that there’s now a set date, July 9, for the film’s freshly polished extended soundtrack to arrive. Wright offered up a little treat to go with the news, too: The version of Metric’s “Black Sheep” that plays during the film’s performance by fictional ex-based band The Clash At Demonhead, complete with Brie Larson (as Envy Adams) on the song’s vocals. The song is currently streaming on all the major services.
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Filling in for regular Metric singer Emily Haines (on whom the character was at least loosely based), Larson taps her pop idol roots to deliver the vocals, which serve as one of the big musical centerpieces for a film that certainly doesn’t lack for them. (
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