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Wendy Sachsdirected the film (originally titledOctober H8TE), with Emmy-winning actress and activistDebra Messingserving as executive producer.
Ambassador Deborah Lipstadt, college students Tessa Veksler, Noa Fay and Talia Khan, and others.
UC Santa Barbara student Tessa Veksler in ‘October 8’Courtesy of Briarcliff Entertainment
It also examines the normalization of anti-Zionism that has become the modern iteration of antisemitism.
Im getting DMs, emails and texts from Melbourne and Mexico City to Montreal and Madrid.
October 8is directed by Wendy Sachs and written by Nimrod Erez, Inbal B. Lessner, and Wendy Sachs.
Executive producer Debra Messing (left) and director-executive producer Wendy SachsCourtesy of Nina Wurtzel Photography
The executive producers are Wendy Sachs and Debra Messing.
The films music supervisor is Bonnie Greenberg and music composer is Sharon Farber.