| Hold-up | |
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| Directed by | Pierre Barnérias |
| Starring | Michael Levitt Luc Montagnier Christian Perronne Laurent Toubiana Martine Wonner |
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Running time | 163 minutes |
| Country | France |
| Language | French |
Hold-up is a 2020 independent pseudoscience propaganda film directed by French conspiracy theorist[1] Pierre Barnérias. The film makes a number of false claims about the COVID-19 pandemic.[2] Hold-Up was first released as a VoD on Vimeo 11 November 2020. Vimeo deleted the film the next day, citing the numerous lies in the film; DailyMotion likewise removed the film the next day.[3] The film continues to be spread on social media among QAnon supporters.
Plot
Hold-Up claims that a global conspiracy plot had been formed by the world's elites, and particularly the World Economic Forum. According to the film, the SARS-CoV-2 virus was deliberately created for an excuse to enslave humanity. A full version of the documentary that remains online has been watched more than 2,000,000 times, [4] while a trailer for Hold Up also remains visible on Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube.[5] All central claims of the film have been proven to be wrong, and the producers of the film have been shown to falsify their sources and misrepresent statements.[6]
See also
References
- ↑ "Hold Up Covid prisme complot". La Croix. 12 November 2020.
- ↑ "" Hold-Up " : On a vérifié les affirmations de ce documentaire qui entend dénoncer la gestion de l'épidémie de Covid-19". 20 minutes (France). 14 November 2020.
- ↑ "Covid-19 : "Hold-up", les coulisses d'un coup bien monté". Le Parisien. 13 November 2020.
- ↑ "Le documentaire "Hold-Up" a été vu (Au moins) plus de deux millions et demi de fois sur Internet". 16 November 2020.
- ↑ "'Hold Up': French coronavirus film gives floor to the 'usual suspects of conspiracy'". Euronews. 13 November 2020.
- ↑ "Sources falsifiées, experts décriés : les recettes de Hold-Up pour nourrir sa théorie du complot". Marianne. 14 November 2020.
External links
- official site Archived 2020-11-22 at the Wayback Machine
- Hold-up at IMDb
- Dazed & Confused: Reporting on Europe’s troubled vaccine rollout. Listening Post (Al Jazeera English), 27 March 2021 - contains a 1o minutes report on Hold-up (video, 25 mins)