Sacha Baron Cohen’s “Borat: Subsequent Moviefilm” was slammed by the Kazakh American Association for what it says promotes “racism, cultural appropriation and xenophobia” and is a harmful representation of the nation of Kazakhstan as portrayed by a white actor.
In a letter sent to Amazon’s Jay Carney, Drew Herdener and Sarah Gavin on October 20, the group criticized the original “Borat” film from 2006 and called on Amazon to cancel the release of the sequel, which debuted to Prime Video subscribers on Oct. 23. The letter was signed by Gaukhar Noortas, founder and CEO of the Hollywood Film Academy, and Ayauly Akylkhan, chair of the board of the Kazakh American Association.