| No Other Land 12:47 - May 11 with 349 views | DJR |
For anyone who saw the Louis Theroux documentary, this is even more powerful and is well worth a watch.
https://www.channel4.com/programmes/no-other-land
Channel 4 describes it as an Oscar-winning documentary offering a powerful view of destruction in the West Bank and the unlikely friendship between a Palestinian filmmaker and an Israeli journalist
The film could not find a U.S. distributor after being picked up for distribution in 24 countries and winning the Oscar, a situation that has been compared to soft censorship.
After its release, two of the Palestinian directors were attacked by Israeli settlers. And one was arrested by the IDF after being attacked.
Over 800 members of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences signed an open letter criticizing the Academy for not publicly supporting Ballal after his arrest. The letter reads, "The targeting of Ballal is not just an attack on one filmmaker—it is an attack on all those who dare to bear witness and tell inconvenient truths."[
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| No Other Land on 12:50 - May 11 with 325 views | redrickstuhaart |
Not sure that is soft censorship. I imagine distributors in the US are concerned about consequences from the adminstration. |  | | |
| No Other Land on 12:53 - May 11 with 288 views | DJR |
| No Other Land on 12:50 - May 11 by redrickstuhaart |
Not sure that is soft censorship. I imagine distributors in the US are concerned about consequences from the adminstration. |
It's the land of the free, Jim, but not as we know it.
As it is, this article (from 9 January) suggests problems with distribution pre-date Trump especially as the film was released early in 2024, although Trump won't have helped things.
https://variety.com/2025/film/news/no-other-land-palestinian-israeli-directors-n [Post edited 11 May 16:11]
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