Antisemitism in the UK is “off the rails”, according to the director of a new film about an explosion of violence on American university campuses.
Wendy Sachs’s documentary October 8 was released on Friday in the US and she hopes to bring the film to British audiences this year.
The film comes as President Trump’s administration this week cancelled $400 million in funds to Columbia University in New York, claiming that it failed to protect Jewish students amid pro-Palestinian protests on campus.
Sachs, who is also the film’s executive producer, said there were “a lot of parallels” with the UK.
“As someone who is very much entrenched in Democratic politics and progressive causes, I can tell you what’s happening on the left here in America