{"id":37084,"date":"2025-09-01T14:38:16","date_gmt":"2025-09-01T18:38:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hunterword.com\/?p=37084"},"modified":"2025-09-01T14:38:16","modified_gmt":"2025-09-01T18:38:16","slug":"torn-the-israel-palestine-poster-war-on-nyc-streets-theword-greggwmorris","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hunterword.com\/index.php\/torn-the-israel-palestine-poster-war-on-nyc-streets-theword-greggwmorris\/","title":{"rendered":"TORN: The Israel-Palestine Poster War on New York City Streets<br><small>Opening September 5 in NYC<\/small>"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Torn: The Israel-Palestine Poster War on NYC Streets | STREAMING NOW | torn-film.com\" width=\"860\" height=\"484\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/PUbwi_fmiSQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>TORN plunges into the battle raging on New York City\u2019s streets after October 7, 2023 when the now-iconic \u201cKIDNAPPED\u201d posters of Israeli hostages became lightning rods for rage and resistance. Through the voices of artists, activists, and hostage families, the film exposes how a distant war erupted on subway walls and sidewalks\u2014igniting confrontations between pro-Israel and pro-Palestinian New Yorkers, and forcing a reckoning with identity, free speech, and empathy in an age of polarization.<\/p>\n<p>TORN is an independent feature documentary, filmed and produced in New York City.<\/p>\n<p>Produced and Directed by Nim Shapira<br \/>\nwww.torn-film.com<br \/>\ninstagram: @torn_documentary<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-37104\" src=\"http:\/\/hunterword.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/pub-torn-logo-1-260x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"260\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hunterword.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/pub-torn-logo-1-260x300.jpg 260w, https:\/\/hunterword.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/pub-torn-logo-1-560x647.jpg 560w, https:\/\/hunterword.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/pub-torn-logo-1-160x185.jpg 160w, https:\/\/hunterword.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/pub-torn-logo-1-768x888.jpg 768w, https:\/\/hunterword.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/pub-torn-logo-1.jpg 770w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 260px) 100vw, 260px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The acclaimed new documentary TORN: The Israel-Palestine Poster War (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.torn-film.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.torn-film.com\/<\/a>) on NYC Streets, directed by award-winning filmmaker Nim Shapira, will open in select theaters in New York (Cinema Village) and Los Angeles (Laemmle&#8217;s Town Center 5) on Friday, September 5, 2025.<\/p>\n<p>Set in the aftermath of the October 7 Hamas attacks, TORN traces the eruption of a grassroots poster campaign to raise awareness for the 251 hostages taken by Hamas. What began as a plea for empathy quickly escalated into a symbolic street war, as pro-Israel and pro-Palestine activists tore down each other\u2019s posters and battled over public messaging across New York City.<\/p>\n<p>Told through the voices of 10 New Yorkers \u2014 including hostage family members, artists, students, activists, a free speech expert, and a rabbi \u2014 the film explores grief, identity, and the limits of empathy in today\u2019s fractured public discourse.<br \/>\nWith over 70 pre-release screenings across the U.S. and Canada \u2014I ncluding New York, Boston, Chicago, Toronto, San Francisco, and Miami \u2014 TORN has already ignited vital conversations nationwide. The theatrical release will now bring this timely documentary to a broader audience.<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Additional Important Information<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-37103\" src=\"http:\/\/hunterword.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/pub-torn-1-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"563\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hunterword.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/pub-torn-1-1.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/hunterword.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/pub-torn-1-1-560x315.jpg 560w, https:\/\/hunterword.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/pub-torn-1-1-260x146.jpg 260w, https:\/\/hunterword.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/pub-torn-1-1-160x90.jpg 160w, https:\/\/hunterword.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/pub-torn-1-1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/hunterword.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/pub-torn-1-1-768x432.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>TORN is also referred to as TORN: THE ISRAEL-PALESTINE POSTER WAR ON NY CITY STREETS that explores the emotional and political tensions ignited by the \u201cKIDNAPPED\u201d or \u201cKIDNAPPED FROM ISRAEL\u201d poster campaign in New York City.<br \/>\nThose posters were a grassroots effort to raise awareness about the hostages taken by Hamas after October\u202f7 and they became flashpoints in a broader ideological clash on city streets.<\/p>\n<p>The film is directed, produced, and written by Nim\u202fShapira \u2014 often credited as Nimrod Shapira, marking his first feature-length documentary. Runtime can vary depending on sources, such as 75 minutes in some, and 80 minutes in others. This writer-reviewer believes many audience members will want to see this documentary again and again \u2013 as well as recommending it to neighbors, friends, families, colleagues and more.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_7155\" style=\"width: 110px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7155\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-7155\" src=\"http:\/\/hunterword.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/gwm-700x700-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"100\" height=\"150\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-7155\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em><strong>the WORD<\/strong><\/em> Editor, Reviewer, Writer Gregg W. Morris<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Told through the voices of 10 New Yorkers \u2014 including hostage family members, artists, students, activists, a free speech expert, and a rabbi \u2014 the film explores grief, identity, and the limits of empathy in today\u2019s fractured public discourse. \u2013 By Gregg W. Morris, <strong><em>the WORD<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-p\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/hunterword.com\/index.php\/torn-the-israel-palestine-poster-war-on-nyc-streets-theword-greggwmorris\/\">Read more &rarr;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29,"featured_media":37105,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2269,2301,2312,29],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-37084","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-2269","category-film-news-2025-2026","category-film-video-press-alerts","category-film-tv"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hunterword.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37084","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hunterword.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hunterword.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hunterword.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/29"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hunterword.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=37084"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/hunterword.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37084\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":37087,"href":"https:\/\/hunterword.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37084\/revisions\/37087"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hunterword.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/37105"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hunterword.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37084"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hunterword.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=37084"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hunterword.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=37084"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}