Defamation (Hebrew: השמצה; translit. Hashmatsa) is a 2009 documentary film by award-winning filmmaker Yoav Shamir. It examines antisemitism and, in particular, the way perceptions of antisemitism affect Israeli and U.S. politics. A major focus of the film is the Anti-Defamation League. Defamation won Best Documentary Feature Film at the 2009 Asia Pacific Screen Awards.
To my understanding, this documentary tries to present itself as an objective walkthrough of antisemitism. My main objection is related to a specific approach of this documentary.
On one hand it gave the mic mostly to ADL (perhaps the biggest organization against what they call antisemitism (they claim that antizionism is antisemitic). On the other hand the mic is mainly given to independent people that criticize Israel's policies in relation to Palestine and Palestinians.
In my opinion, for a fair comparison and since ADL is on one side, JVP should have been given the mic equally. JVP is most probably the biggest antizionist Jewish organization. Actually, Jewish Voice for Peace was not even mentioned. If I missed it, please point it out to me.
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