{
  "id": 3956879,
  "title": "Pink Floyd’s Roger Waters, Nobel Prize Winner Annie Ernaux and More Sign Open Letter Calling for Venice Film Festival to Take ‘Concrete Action’ in Support of Palestine",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/28/pink-floyds-roger-waters-nobel-prize-winner-annie-ernaux-and-more",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-08-28T12:11:26.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Variety",
    "slug": "variety",
    "url": "https://variety.com/2026/film/festivals/roger-waters-annie-ernaux-petition-venice-palestine-1236845869/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Nobel Prize-winning writer Annie Ernaux, Pink Floyd co-founder Roger Waters and directors Isabel Coixet and Matteo Garrone are among signatories of an open letter issued on Friday calling for the Venice Film Festival “to take concrete action in support of Palestine.” The open letter comes from the Venice4Palestine collective that took a similar initiative last […]",
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  "coverage": {
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    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "The Hollywood Reporter",
        "title": "Roger Waters, Guy Pearce, Annie Ernaux Urge Venice Fest to Take “Concrete Action” for Palestine in Open Letter",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/28/roger-waters-guy-pearce-annie-ernaux-urge-venice-fest-to-take",
        "published": "2026-08-28T16:13:52.000Z"
      }
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}