Indian Author Arundhati Roy Pulls Out of Berlinale Over Jury’s ‘Unconscionable’ Refusal to Comment on Gaza: ‘To Hear Them Say That Art Should Not Be Political Is Jaw-Dropping’
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Arundhati Roy has withdrawn from the Berlinale film festival due to comments made by the jury. The comments, which reportedly included a statement that art should not be political, were in response to the situation in Gaza. The jury's remarks have been described as "unconscionable" and "jaw-dropping", prompting Roy's decision to pull out of the festival.
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