Amrit Kaur uses her Canadian Screen Awards speech to call for a ceasefire and free Palestine
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The Canadian actress who is best known for her role on The Sex Lives of College Girls picked up a Canadian Screen Award for Performance in a Leading Role (drama) for her role in The Queen of My Dreams, which was released earlier this year. Kaur used her time on stage to say that while speaking up is scary, the job of an artist is to feel and empathize. Here is part of her speech:
"Colonization pushed us to a place of division, genocide, and now two communities who once loved each other live in absolute vitriol. It's a scary time to be an artist. I am scared. I am scared to speak up. But this honour reminds me that I am an artist.
To be an artist, it is my job to feel and to empathize. And for those of you who are telling us artists not to speak up in fear of losing jobs, in fear of losing careers, in fear of losing reputation, you are telling us not to be artists. I want to say to you people that I am an artist and I refuse to sacrifice and live in the hatred of humanity. Ceasefire now. Free Palestine."
Trailer for The Queen Of My Dreams.
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