![]() Just need one Melbourne theater to defend free speech and screen but they're all saying they don't want to invite controversy- Cassie Jaye October 26, 2016 Williams told the Herald Sun he was “determined” to find a new venue to screen her film. ![]() “The numbers are on our side, people want to see The Red Pill, so why aren’t any Australian movie theatres wiling to stand up to censorship?” she wrote. ![]() Jaye rallied against the decision on social media, and called for “one Melbourne movie theatre to defend free speech” and host the screening. Therefore we took the decision to cancel the screening aware that regardless of the decision we took, a significant number of people would be disgruntled: so we took the decision that we think was best for our customer base at that time.” “Upon receiving such direct feedback we realised that irrespective of the content, its presence in one of our cinemas was offensive to a large section of our core audience and movie club members. “However, what was initially booked as a closed, private screening was being publicised widely and this in turn upset a significant proportion of our customers, who communicated their feelings to us directly. which is potentially damaging to our credibility as we are yet to see the film so cannot stand by its contents in the face of the criticism we are receiving”.Ī spokeswoman for Palace Cinemas confirmed that the email pasted by Williams was sent by staff at Kino cinema.īenjamin Zeccola, chief executive of Palace Cinemas, told Guardian Australia on Thursday that the decision to cancel the screening was made “in the absence of any judgement of the film, filmmakers or attendees”. In the email, the representative of Kino cinema told Williams that much of the feedback to the screening of The Red Pill assumed that it was a “curatorial decision. At time of writing it had more than 5,000 signatures. Williams pasted the email above a rival petition on, set up to “stop extremists censoring what Australians are allowed to see”. Guardian Australia has contacted Williams for comment. ![]() The petition was directly referenced by Kino cinema in its email to notify David Williams, the event organiser and a spokesman for Men’s Rights Melbourne, that the screening had been cancelled. Please stand with the women everywhere, and do not promote misogynistic hate.” “Please do not associate your cinema with the kind of people who teach men how to violate women physically and emotionally. ![]()
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