US officials were asked to build pressure on Gordon Brown after director persuaded Edinburgh to reject Israeli grantHillary Clinton asked her senior officials to press Gordon Brown to intervene after director Ken Loach persuaded the Edinburgh film festival to reject a grant from the Israeli government.
An exchange of emails released on Monday by the US State Department shows that Clinton was lobbied in May 2009 by a close friend,Brian Greenspun, to take action after a senior figure in the US Jewish community accused the film festival of “inherent antisemitism” and an “abomination”. Related: Hillary Clinton's emails: next batch released Related: Censorship has no state in film Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com