“Last month, a documentary titled To Kill A War Machine, directed by Hannan Majid and Richard York of Rainbow Collective, was released online ahead of schedule – precipitated by the UK Home Office’s decision to proscribe Palestine Action as a terrorist organisation. The film chronicles activities by direct‑action activists targeting Israeli arms manufacturers in the UK – a chronicle of civil resistance caught on body cams and protesters’ phones. But with the Terrorism Act now extending to the group, and potentially to anyone who views, screens or distributes the film, this documentary has inadvertently become something else: a living fault line in the debate around documentary as activism.”
https://artreview.com/to-kill-a-film-about-a-war-machine-opinion-finn-blythe
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt37504320/
“As filmmakers with 20 years of experience documenting movements for social justice around the world, we produced ‘To Kill a War Machine’ independently, within the law and had it certified for cinema release by the BBFC. The film itself does not become illegal, as it was produced and edited prior to proscription. However, future distribution of anything which could be interpreted as showing sympathy for or inviting support for a proscribed organisation will become illegal.”
