Article: Cowboy movie, Indian panel

The curators of a Palestinian film series that has been characterized as pro-intifadah withdrew their work from the Institute for Contemporary Art just a day before it was set to open because the ICA, bowing to pressure from a former board member, decided to sponsor a panel discussion on Arab-Israeli affairs in conjunction with the film.

ICA board member Steven Grossman resigned his post and argued that a discussion was necessary to put the films into a fairer context and to give a more balanced picture of the situation in the Mideast. The curators of the films responded that the ICA decision to follow Grossman's recommendation politicized their works and amounted to censorship.

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