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October 8
Directed by
Wendy Sachs
2025
1h 40m
Documentary
4.4
68%
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The emergence of anti-Semitism on college campuses, in social media and on the streets since October 7, 2023, when Hamas attacked Israel.
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Cast of October 8
Debra Messing
Self
Michael Rapaport
Self
Noa Tishby
Self
Sheryl Sandberg
Self
Ritchie Torres
Self
Kirsten Gillibrand
Self
Bari Weiss
Self
Dan Senor
Self
Mosab Hassan Yousef
Self
Deborah Lipstadt
Self
Tessa Veksler
Self
Wendy Sachs
Director / Writer
Inbal B. Lessner
Writer / Producer
Nimrod Erez
Producer
Dafna Danenberg
Producer
October 8 Ratings & Reviews
POV Magazine
Pat Mullen
October 8 makes some compelling points whenever it isn't flying off the rails.
The SS Ben Hecht
Stephen Silver
Mainly, the subjects, and presumably the filmmakers, of both October 8 and The Encampments have a strident belief that most major institutions are against them and their cause.
TheWrap
Elizabeth Weitzman
"October 8" is often at its strongest when Sachs touches on broader perspectives within her thesis.
Maven's Nest
Nora Lee Mandel
Among a broad range of interviews, testimonies on the impacts of antisemitic verbal attacks in person and online include details by several American Jewish women that are the most impactful, esp. at U.S. colleges. But the conspiratorial evidence is thin.
The Contending
Frank J. Avella
October 8 should be required viewing for all college and university students and everyone who ever posted or reposted anything about Gaza and the conflict.
Variety
Alissa Simon
The informative film calls attention to an important issue, but viewers should recognize that the perspective is one-sided.
JoySauce.com
Siddhant Adlakha
It's not very good or convincing as a piece of cinema, though its straightforward, flimsy form likely won't matter when it's preaching to the choir.
Deadline Hollywood Daily
Damon Wise
Sachs's emotive and disturbing film doesn't find many answers to the questions it poses, and is mostly preaching to the converted, but it does shine a much-needed light on a growing, malignant problem.
Slate
Sam Adams
The movie is hugely enlightening, if not solely for the reasons it means to be.
Spectrum Culture
Erik Reeds
A one-sided exercise in blatant and occasionally surreal propaganda, this documentary about anti-Israel sentiment helps no one.
North Shore Movies
Daniel M. Kimmel
"October 8" makes no attempt to solve the issues between Israel and Palestinians. It's a message to all of America: the world's oldest hate has staged a comeback - what are we going to do about it?
Culture Mix
Carla Hay
October 8 succeeds as a passionate rebuke against antisemitism related to the Gaza war, but there are complicated war issues that this movie oversimplifies. A better documentary would have included interviews with opposing viewpoints.
Nonfics (Substack)
Christopher Campbell
An important documentary to avoid. The film comes off as defensive, fearmongering, and self-victimizing propaganda, regardless of whether some of its concerns are true.
Washington Post
Michael O'Sullivan
Without demonizing either side, it shows how Israel's pattern of mistakes, if not arrogance, may have helped set a pot on the stove that is now boiling over with venom.
The Hollywood Reporter
Frank Scheck
Like many advocacy documentaries, October 8 does some cherry-picking of facts and draws some questionable conclusions. But there's no denying the importance of its message.
HollywoodInToto.com
Christian Toto
Sober, relentless look at antisemitism's rise on college campuses and beyond. Vital, necessary and maddening.
NYC Movie Guru
Avi Offer
A powerful, provocative and eye-opening wake-up call.
Solzy at the Movies
Danielle Solzman
If October H8te isn't the best documentary of the year, it's the most important documentary of the year.
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