(NewsNation) — More than 4,000 actors, directors and other film industry professionals have signed a pledge saying they will refuse to work with Israeli institutions and companies that are “implicated in genocide and apartheid against the Palestinian people.”

“As film-makers, actors, film industry workers, and institutions, we recognise the power of cinema to shape perceptions” the pledge states. “In this urgent moment of crisis, where many of our governments are enabling the carnage in Gaza, we must do everything we can to address complicity in that unrelenting horror.”

Along with Edebiri and Ruffalo, other Hollywood names on the list include filmmakers Jonathan Glazer, Ava DuVernay, Yorgos Lanthimos, Asif Kapadia, Boots Riley and Joshua Oppenheimer; and actors Joaquin Phoenix, Rooney M

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