01/05/2025
We have lost a titan of film and a brilliant and thoughtful Jewish executive.
In April 2023, Andrew Karpen hired Mean Streets Management to build the Jewish community and Friends of Israel engagement strategy for Golda, a film that received tremendous BDS backlash and calls to stop theaters from showing it.
Together with our incredible Director, Guy Nattiv, who gave all his time to the pre-release press tour during the SAG strike when we had no other Talent to help, AND with the brilliant Dame Hellen Mirren, who traveled to Israel for the Israeli Premiere, accepting an award on stage (maybe 24hrs before the strike started), where she declared her long time love and support for Israel, we rallied the Jewish community and Friends of Israel to be our amazing partners to champion GOLDA.
The film was a remarkable theatrical and PVOD success, because of Andrew and the team that he led with strength and conviction like no other.
Every Jewish and Israeli film following GOLDA has benefited from Andrew’s strategy for GOLDA.
If only our warnings about another Yom Kippur War had resonated stronger, but at least we were better organized as a community to help Israel when October 7th happened a month and a half after the film’s US release.
Andrew passed away on Yom Hazikaron, the day we memorialize our fallen IDF soldiers. Andrew’s dedication to GOLDA brought more awareness 50 years later to the 2600+ IDF soldiers killed during the 1973 Yom Kippur War. Now Andrew will always be remembered on the same day we remember our fallen soldiers.
Baruch Dayan Ha-Emet. May Andrew’s memory be a blessing.
https://deadline.com/2025/04/andrew-karpen-deads-bleecker-street-media-founder-1236379872
With heavy hearts and fond memories, we mourn the loss of our CEO, our leader, our friend, Andrew Karpen.
