what's the price of a movie ticket in your area?
last week, i challenged you to "skip the takeout", inviting you to donate to a palestinian family instead. i also asked you to "skip the movie", but i was worried that wouldn't motivate you guys as much, because i wasn't sure people really went out to the movies anymore.
so, i looked up my local theater, and a ticket for deadpool & wolverine is 13 dollars.
13 USD. less than 18 CAD. about 19 australian. under 12 euro and less than 10 quid. roughly 132 SEK.
deadpool & wolverine had a $200 MILLION production budget and a $100 million marketing budget. as of today, august 23, 2024, it has grossed over $1.154 BILLION. so, for disney, your $13 is a drop in the bucket.
but for a palestinian family hoping to escape the horrific conditions in occupied gaza? your $13 means a lot.
so this week, donate the price of a movie ticket to one of these families.
"I work during these times of war, as a volunteer dentist. We try to relieve people’s pain as much as we can, help them, we want them to be fine in the midst of all this destruction, killing, and lack of life... It is enough that we just try!"
"Setting foot outside Gaza felt like leaving hell and entering a whole new world... My heart skips a beat every time I hear that the neighborhood where my family has been displaced was bombed!"
"Before the war, I worked as a mobile programmer, and my wife was a schoolteacher... We want to provide a dignified life and a better future for our children."
"We are gripped by fear, terror, and hunger."
"We had a beautiful home... but one night our lives turned into a nightmare."
"I am still alive after ten months of war. This is my fifth war too. But this war is unlike any other."
"I hope that every living conscience will help us save our young son’s life and donate any amount you can."
"I fled on foot, just ten days after giving birth. I carried my ten-day-old baby and my other young children, alone, fighting for their safety."
"I had to identify the remains of my martyred sister and her two children. Her daughter survived with injuries... I hope one day I will be able to give her a better life and help her overcome her trauma."
"My son Mohammed suffers from motor and hearing disabilities, among other health issues. I used to have a workshop for windows, kitchens, and all aluminum work, but due to the war, my livelihood was completely destroyed, and I can no longer meet our basic needs."
"My father, the owner of a clothing sewing factory, had only one dream – to educate and take care of his family. My brothers have children. The idea that their innocence has been marred by the horrors of war is too heavy a burden to bear."
"I believe that goodness still exists and that someone shares our hope for a better life."
"My children deserve to live a peaceful life free from fear and anxiety."
"The occupation took away their joy."
it truly doesn't matter to me whether you've gone to see deadpool & wolverine, whether you plan to, whether you're waiting until it comes to disney+, whether you're just going to pirate it, or whether you have not and will never see it. there's really only one question i have for you.
can you spare the price of one movie ticket?
