Weitzman National Museum of American Jewish History
October 8
Directed by Wendy Sachs
Documentary Feature | USA | 2025 | 100 min | English
OCTOBER 8 offers a look at the explosion of antisemitism on college campuses, social media and in the streets of America beginning the day after the October 7th attack on Israel by Hamas. Through meticulous investigation, the film also uncovers how over decades, Hamas created sophisticated networks in America to permeate U.S. institutions and examines the tsunami of online antisemitism, propaganda, and disinformation unleashed by Iran, China and Russia – with the sole purpose of dividing American society.
Director’s Bio
Wendy Sachs is a documentary film director, Emmy Award-winning network television producer (NBC, CNN, FOX), writer, author, and speaker. She co-directed and produced Surge (2020), a feature documentary about the record number of first-time female candidates who ran, won, and flipped their red districts to blue in the historic 2018 midterm elections. The film was acquired by Showtime in 2020. Wendy also produced the two-hour documentary “Gen Z” for the series My Generation that aired on MSNBC on October 27, 2024. She produced Move Fast and Break Things, the Facebook documentary that aired on CNN+ and Vice TV in 2021. Wendy is also a former Capitol Hill press secretary and author of two critically acclaimed books about women and career, Fearless and Free and How She Really Does It. She has appeared on dozens of radio segments, TV shows, and podcasts including NBC’s Today, MSNBC’s Morning Joe, CNN, FOX and ABC’s Good Morning America.
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