DUBAI: A lone protestor with a loudspeaker took to the barricades during the Independent Spirit Awards held at Santa Monica Beach in the US on Sunday evening to chant, “Free Palestine! Ceasefire Now,” repeatedly.
According to a report in Deadline, the chants continued through most of the show, to the point where comedian Jim Gaffigan remarked on stage, “That’s my Dad!”
When “Fremont” director Babak Jalali was accepting the John Cassavetes Award, he said: “There are people speaking outside, and whatever they’re saying, I think it’s far more important than what I’m about to say. I’m so inspired by what they’re saying outside.”
