By Rich Kozlovich
On November 26, 2024
Rajan Laad posted this article, DEI's Clouded Lens, saying:
The Camerimage festival this year was marred due to 'sexist' opinions of the festival's director Marek Żydowicz in an op-ed for Cinematography World about female directors and cinematographers. Żydowicz received intense backlash from many in the film industry and tried to extinguish the fire with not just one but two apologies but the outraged mob thought his sexism was too severe for forgiveness. The British Society of Cinematographers replied to Żydowicz that they were "disheartened and angered by your profoundly misogynistic comments and aggressive tone, which we view as symptomatic of a deep-rooted prejudice.".........The festival jury didn't withdraw but "committed to being part of any gender representation debate."
He goes on to list the prominent filmmakers who pulled out in outrage. Okay, so, what was said by festival's director Marek Żydowicz that was so outrageous so many pulled out?
One of the most significant changes is the growing recognition of female cinematographers and directors. This evolution is crucial as it rectifies the obvious injustice present in societal development. However, it also raises a question: Can the pursuit of change exclude what is good? Can we sacrifice works and artists with outstanding artistic achievements solely to make room for mediocre film production?”
That's it? That's all it took to set them off? Maybe instead of apologizing he should have offered them ice cream, cookies, and a safe room to cry out their little eyes.
If the best filmmakers are all men, then they'll demand at least, the very least, one woman must be on that list. But when you give in to insanity it never ends. How about this. There must be one black, or one homosexual woman, or one homosexual man, or one Asian, or one, Hispanic, or one atheist, or one communist, or...well... you get the idea. This kind of insanity is a metastasizing cancer infecting all the cells in the body until the body dies. And DEI is killing every institution it infects.
So, what does this mean in reality? It means someone who excelled must be sacrificed to accommodate these leftist fanatics, but it won't be the most prominent or most successful filmmakers, because that may impact future employment. So they have to choose struggling up and coming filmmakers in order to accommodate a less qualified woman. What if that up and coming filmmaker was the very best of them all? Well, too bad, he'll be sacrificed anyway.
What hypocrisy!
Are we approaching the day when people will understand there can be no apologizing for telling the truth? You can never apologize enough to satisfy them. Your punishment must be permanent as a a warning to all others to never deviate, even the slightest. Consensus to the the sacred tenets of leftist insanity is absolute. Or else!
Well, how's this? Truth isn't sexist, and it isn't racist, it's just the truth, and prominent people who tell the truth must have the courage to stand for up for what's true, regardless of the personal consequences. Once that happens there's an automatic separation of the sheep from the goats, and sides are taken, and battles enjoined, but truth and time are on the same side, and as Ben Franklin said, "Truth will very patiently wait for us".
I can already hear it...."Oh yeah, what's truth?" So, here's the irrefutable definition: