Torn: The Israel-Palestine Poster War on NYC Streets (2024)
Torn
The Israel-Palestine Poster War on NYC Streets
75 min
After Hamas kidnapped 251 people from Israel on October 7, and as Israel’s war in Gaza unfolded, a conflict thousands of miles away erupted on New York’s walls. TORN captures the emotional fallout of the now-iconic “KIDNAPPED” poster campaign - a grassroots act of solidarity that quickly became a flashpoint, igniting fierce confrontations between pro-Israel and pro-Palestinian New Yorkers. Through the voices of artists, activists, and hostage families, the film unpacks the motivations behind those putting up and tearing down the posters, exposing a complex proxy war fought in stickers, slogans, and torn paper. By revealing how a distant war fractured daily life in one of the world’s most diverse cities, the film forces a reckoning with identity, free speech, and empathy in an age of polarization.
- Release date
- September 5, 2025
- Country of origin
- United States
- Music
- Daniel Salomon
Trailer
Cast
- Liam Zeitchik as Family Members Kidnapped by Hamas
- Alana Zeitchik as Family Members Kidnapped by Hamas
- Nitzan Mintz as Street Artist
- Dede Bandaid as Street Artist
- Nina Mogilnik as Writer
- Yehuda Sarna as New York University
- Julia Simon as College Student
- Aaron Terr as Director of Public Advocacy, Foundation for Individual Rights & Expression
- Elisha Fine as Activist
- Chen Levy as Jewelry Designer
Crew
- Nimrod Shapira · Director
- Shay Mizrahy · Writer
- Nimrod Shapira · Writer
- Nimrod Shapira · Producer
- Daniel Salomon · Composer
- Eyal Bau Cohen · Cinematographer
- Shay Mizrahy · Editor