DOC NYC CLOSING NIGHT FILM | SPECIAL JURY MENTION - Miami Jewish Film Festival | OFFICIAL SELECTION - San Francisco Jewish Film Festival
Antisemitism • Conspiracy Theories • Nationalism • Holocaust • Jewish Studies • Animated Documentary
Date of Completion: 2022 | Run Time: 92 minutes | Language: English | Captions: No | Director/Writer: Maxim Pozdorovkin | Producer: Joe Bender | Executive Producers: Dan Cogan, Allison Stern & Caroline Hirsch | Voice Talents: Liev Schreiber, Jason Alexander, Lake Bell & Mayim Bialik
An animated film about the biggest lie ever told: Jews are plotting to take over the world. Behind the torch-bearing chants of “Jews will not replace us” is an age-old myth. As we follow this myth from the fringe to the mainstream, three Jewish families are made into scapegoats, their names forever linked to the notion that Jews are a monolithic group set on world domination.
Abe Foxman, Anti-Defamation League director 1987-2015, Holocaust survivor, Author
"Maxim Pozdorovkin's THE CONSPIRACY is original, creative, brilliant and enduring. It makes history real and current. It takes a monstrous historic wrong - antisemitism - traces its beginnings, explains it and brings it up to the present moment. If you want to understand Antisemitism, watch THE CONSPIRACY."
Forbes | Josh Weiss
"With anti-Jewish sentiment once again on the rise in the United States and across the globe, Pozdorovkin’s innovative, thought-provoking, and star-studded spotlight on people’s hatred of the Hebrews couldn’t have arrived at a better time."
Variety | Owen Gleiberman
“Accomplishes something important and, at times, mind-opening [...] Couldn’t be more timely."
Filmmaker Magazine | Lauren Wissot
"Downright chilling.”
POV Magazine | Marc Glassman
"Audiences can rely upon the provocative director to mine the world of spin doctors, populist politics, and headlines-in-the-making for a compelling tale."
Solzy at the Movies | Danielle Solzman
“THE CONSPIRACY is essential viewing and needs to be seen by as many people as possible [...] This [visual style] is unlike anything I’ve ever seen before.”
The Forward | PJ Grisar
"A fascinating new documentary.”
Indiewire | David Ehrlich
"That DOC NYC has programmed the film as the closing night title at this year’s festival speaks to its faith in the clarity of Pozdorovkin’s work, and also —regrettably — in the urgency of its truth."
JTA | Sarah Rosen
"Timely-as-ever animated documentary"
AWARDS
Special Jury Mention | Miami Jewish Film Festival
FILM FESTIVALS
DOCNYC
Sarasota Film Festival
Cleveland International Film Festival
Jewish International Film Festival
Sacramento Jewish Film Festival
Atlanta Jewish Film Festival
DTLA Film Festival
San Francisco Jewish Film Festival
Rutgers Jewish Film Festival
SCREENINGS
Florida Holocaust Museum