US EditionActor Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers returns award to Toronto film critics group, says her speech was censored
Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers returned her award after Toronto Film Critics Association cut her speech supporting Palestine, prompting multiple member resignations and leadership statements on speech edits.
- On Monday, Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers returned her Toronto Film Critics Association Award after two sentences supporting Palestine were cut from her filmed acceptance speech.
- Tailfeathers said the removed lines were part of a filmed acceptance she recorded per TFCA instructions and emailed to the association, including two sentences referencing October 7th.
- Several TFCA members announced resignations on Wednesday, including Adam Nayman, Saffron Maeve, Sarah-Tai Black, and Radheyan Simonpillai, while Johanna Schneller, TFCA president, said she shortened speeches for timing and is resigning.
- In her email, Tailfeathers expressed solidarity with Palestinians, writing `my heart continues to be with the people of Palestine` and said she refuses to be silenced while acknowledging harms to the Jewish community.
- The film `Sweet Angel Baby` won the TFCA Award for best Canadian film and Tailfeathers also won outstanding supporting performance, set against the Oct. 7, 2023 attack and Gaza casualty figures from the Gaza Health Ministry.
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Canadian actress Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers is "appalled and ashamed" by the Toronto Film Critics Association's decision to cut a part of her acceptance speech for acting "due to length" where she expressed support for Palestine.
Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers Rejects TFCA Award Over Alleged Censorship of Acceptance Speech Mentioning Palestine
Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers returned her award to the Toronto Film Critics Association after a portion of her acceptance speech, in which she expressed support for Palestine, was cut. The Canadian actress, who won the Best Supporting Performance in a Canadian Film prize for her role in Melanie Oates’ drama “Sweet Angel Baby” at the TFCA Awards Gala, issued the update in a fiery email to TFCA members, where she accused the organizers of censorship. “…
Canadian Actress Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers Returns Toronto Film Critics Award in Response to Censorship of Pro-Palestine Speech
TFCA president Johanna Schneller said that Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers’ speech had been edited “to maintain the timing of the awards show” and not for political reasons.
Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers returns Toronto film critics award, says support for Palestine cut from speech
Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers says she is returning her Toronto Film Critics Association Award after a portion of her acceptance speech expressing support for Palestine was cut out.
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Actor Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers returns award to Toronto film critics group, says her speech was censored
TORONTO - Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers says she is returning her Toronto Film Critics Association Award after a portion of her acceptance speech expressing support for Palestine was cut out.
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