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‘Amy’ director Asif Kapadia apologises for “anti-Semitic” social media posts

Amy, has apologised “unequivocally” for a string of social media posts that some have interpreted as anti-Semitic.The Oscar-winning filmmaker, who has also directed the documentary films Senna and Diego Maradona, has been removed as a patron of the Grierson Trust in response to the controversy, a post he was only appointed to on Wednesday (October 9).The Trust is a charity that celebrates documentary and factual filmmaking from Britain and around the world, and said in a statement on Friday (October 11) that they were “not aware of these posts” when he was named as a patron. “We are sorry that our due diligence was not thorough enough,” they added.In a statement to BBC News, Kapadia has said he was “mortified by the hurt and offence” that his posts have caused.“I now understand that they will be seen by many as anti-Semitic, or in the case of one even justifying violence.
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