US EditionMaya Rudolph, James Schamus among filmmakers calling to protect ‘No Other Land’ team after director's arrest - Jewish Telegraphic Agency
- Filmmaker Yuval Abraham pressured the Academy for its response to the arrest of Hamdan Ballal after a settler attack in the West Bank.
- An online petition for Ballal's release gained over 18,000 signatures, supported by Jewish filmmakers and actors, including Maya Rudolph and James Schamus.
- Ballal believes he was targeted because of his Oscar-winning film on Palestinian issues, which was denounced by an Israeli leader as sabotage and threatens artistic freedom.
- The petition emphasizes that such treatment undermines artistic freedom, human rights, and freedom of speech, which are essential democratic values.
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More than 500 members of the Academy of Cinematographic Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), including prominent figures such as actor Mark Ruffalo, director Ava DuVernay and Oscar-winning filmmaker Alfonso Cuarón, have signed an open letter condemning the lack of public support for Palestinian filmmaker Hamdan Ballal , who was recently arrested by the Israeli authorities. The arrest, which occurred earlier this week, has generated a wave of outrage in th…
600 Oscar voters criticize lack of Academy support for Palestinian filmmaker detained by Israel
Over 600 members of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences have signed an open letter criticizing the Academy for their lack of public support for Palestinian filmmaker Hamdan Ballal, co-director of the Oscar-winning documentary.
The Hollywood Film Academy is worried and on the verge of an internal crisis. Los Angeles’s top film organ (and probably one of the most influential and mediatic in global cinema) has seen with concern the brutal arrest, including beating, that earlier this week suffered at the hands of Jewish settlers the director, journalist and Palestinian activist Hamdan Ballal, co-director of the documentary No Other Land, which last March 2 was raised with…
Over 600 members of the American Film Academy, including Penelope Cruz or Javier Bardem, have condemned the settler attack and Israel's arrest of Hamdan Ballal in the West Bank
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The ForwardMaya Rudolph, James Schamus among filmmakers calling to protect ‘No Other Land’ team after director’s arrest
A number of Jewish filmmakers are among thousands who signed a petition in support of Hamdan Ballal, the Palestinian co-director of the Oscar-winning documentary “No Other Land” who was arrested this week by Israeli troops.
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