Secretary of State John Kerry met with the heads of major studios on Tuesday to talk about how to defeat ISIS.
“Great convo w/ studio execs in LA. Good to hear their perspectives & ideas of how to counter #Daesh narrative,” Kerry tweeted, along with a photo of his meeting with the biggest movie studio executives in the world.
Daesh is an acronym for the Arabic phrase “al-Dawla al-Islamiya fil Iraq wa al-Sham,” another word for ISIS. Apparently, the terrorist group reportedly hates the term, but western leaders have been using it instead of Islamic State.
Great convo w studio execs in LA. Good to hear their perspectives & ideas of how to counter #Daesh narrative. pic.twitter.com/AGhesmg1zK
— John Kerry (@JohnKerry) February 17, 2016
According to Variety, executives shared ideas and plans on how to defeat ISIS through movies and TV shows.
The attendee described part of the gathering as a “brainstorming session,” including how to involve storytellers in regions afflicted or threatened by ISIS, as a way to counter the narratives promulgated by the terrorist organization. “Let’s figure out how to involve people who are there,” the attendee said.
The meeting was held at Universal Studios and lasted for an hour-and-a-half long.
