Did we all forget about Jamal Khashoggi? What is this white washing going on?

She went on to add, “There’s so much I’m learning from being here,” before musing, “In the States it feels really grim; and even in the less than 24 hours that I’ve been here [in Saudi Arabia], I have a renewed faith in cinema.”

The ignorance of Saudi human rights abuses has to be deliberate at this point.

I think two things can be true…

1. The film industry in Saudi Arabia is currently a more favorable environment for creative voices (compared to the cold, calculated movie executives in U.S.)
2. They’re funding it with blood money

One doesn’t forgive, justify, or defend the other though