Hold-up (2020 film)

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.

Hold-up
Directed byPierre Barnérias
StarringMichael Levitt
Luc Montagnier
Christian Perronne
Laurent Toubiana
Martine Wonner
Release date
  • 11 November 2020 (2020-11-11)
Running time
163 minutes
CountryFrance
LanguageFrench

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
  1. "Hold Up Covid prisme complot". La Croix. 12 November 2020.
  2. "" 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.
  3. "Covid-19 : "Hold-up", les coulisses d'un coup bien monté". Le Parisien. 13 November 2020.
  4. "Le documentaire "Hold-Up" a été vu (Au moins) plus de deux millions et demi de fois sur Internet". 16 November 2020.
  5. "'Hold Up': French coronavirus film gives floor to the 'usual suspects of conspiracy'". Euronews. 13 November 2020.
  6. "Sources falsifiées, experts décriés : les recettes de Hold-Up pour nourrir sa théorie du complot". Marianne. 14 November 2020.
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