Hollywood Reporter: ISIS Using More Hollywood Movies in Recruiting Propaganda
Think Clint Eastwood and ISIS have nothing in common? Think again. Footage from Eastwood's Flags of Our Fathers (2006) has found its way into the 22-minute propaganda short Healing of the Believers' Chests, created by the terror group. Both exemplify the increased use of Hollywood footage in videos made by ISIS, which is "deliberately and strategically using these references," says Lara Pham, deputy director of the Counter Extremism Project, an organization (co-founded by former Sen. Joseph Lieberman, former Homeland Security Advisor Frances Townsend and other foreign-policy experts) that has analyzed 1,275 films made by ISIS media companies. "I haven't found anything suggesting Hollywood is aware of this, but I'm sure plenty of individuals would be concerned," adds Pham.
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