Torn delves into the controversy surrounding the 'KIDNAPPED' poster campaign, a grassroots effort to raise awareness about the 250 hostages taken by Hamas on October 7, 2023. These posters quickly became polarizing symbols, turning New York City's streets into battlegrounds of ideology and emotion. The film explores the motivations behind activists putting up and tearing down the posters, unraveling the complexities of this intense 'paper arm' proxy war, fought thousands of miles from the actual conflict.

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Nim Shapira is an award-winning filmmaker whose innovative works have been showcased at TED 2023, Tribeca Film Festival, SIGGRAPH, Slamdance, and Cannes' Marché du Film. A research fellow at MIT's Open Documentary Lab, he is also an alumnus of NEW INC, the New Museum's art and technology incubator, and a graduate of La Biennale di Venezia’s College Cinema for VR, highlighting his expertise in documentary and virtual reality storytelling.