It began with paper.

Days after the Oct. 7 Hamas terror attacks — as war erupted in Gaza and a humanitarian crisis deepened — posters appeared across New York. Faces of 251 people kidnapped from Israel. Hindus, Buddhists, Christians, Muslims, Jews. Children and grandparents. All taken. At the top, one word in red: KIDNAPPED.

And then they started getting torn down. Videos flooded social media. Street confrontations followed. Accusations. Firings. Students doxxed. Politicians weighing in. All over a piece of paper. But it wasn’t really about posters. It was about identity. Grief. Ideology. Who gets to be seen. That’s the story Torn tells. And as its executive producer, I can say with certainty: this isn’t a film about the Middle East. It’s about America — and how the emotional shockwa

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