October 8 (2025)
The fight for the soul of America.
A documentary exploring the explosion of anti-Semitism on college campuses, on social media, and in the streets of America in the aftermath of October 7th. High-profile individuals featured include actors Debra Messing and Michael Rapaport, Mosab Yousef (son of Hamas's co-founder), Sheryl Sandberg, Scott Galloway, US Rep. Ritchie Torres, US Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, U.S. Ambassador Deborah Lipstadt, Dan Senor, Noa Tishby, Bari Weiss, and a survivor from Nir Oz.
- Date of release
- 2025-03-14
- TMDB
- 6.2 / 10 (20)
- Runtime
- 1h 40m
- Genres
- Documentary
- Director
- Wendy Sachs
Casting
- 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
Interesting facts
October 8 – The Fight for the Soul of America is a 2025 documentary film directed by Wendy Sachs. Sachs and Debra Messing also served as executive producers.
Production
Co-produced by Wendy Sachs and Debra Messing, October 8 was co-edited by Inbal Lessner and Nimrod Erez. Sachs said she wanted the film to show a non-Jewish audience "what antisemitism looks like today—for them to see, when they see a 'Zionists not allowed' sign, that means 'Jew'".
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