Acceptable Protest
Don't damage or destroy property.
Acceptable Protest is based on university protest and disciplinary policies in North America in 2024-25, during and after the student encampments for Palestine.
Tracing the absurd logic of sanctioned protest, this short experimental animation satirizes the "Do" and "Don’t” scenarios of a typical university policy poster. The scenarios are connected by the story of a major donation from a weapons manufacturer during a genocide, and draw from both research and personal experience. Within an eerie corporate landscape, the student protestors resist shifting definitions of what is 'acceptable.'
If you're interested in organizing a screening on your campus, please email: acceptableprotestfilm @ proton.me
