‘No Other Land’ Oscar winners call for a different path on Israeli-Palestinian conflict

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The only reason No Other Land was palatable at the Oscars was because Israelis were involved

No Other Land rightly won Best Documentary Feature at this year’s Oscars. The film has been touted as a Palestine-Israel collaboration, with Palestinian Basel Adra and Israeli Yuval Abraham part of the directorial team alongside Rachel Szor and Hamdan Ballal. Basel and Yuval both appear in the film, which is a meticulously crafted documentary on repeated Israeli demolitions of Basel’s hometown, Masafer Yatta. In a collective statement, the direc…

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‘No Other Land’, ‘Mo’, and the Palestinian Everyday Joy of Life

News clips of bombed-out buildings, statistics of horrific casualties, and stories of mass displacement—in recent memory, Palestinian identity has been reduced to their suffering. As Israel’s settler colonialist project continues to wreak havoc in their lives, Palestinians have become symbols of unflinching resilience in our collective memory. However, it is vital to remember that they are much more than that because when you think of a people, …

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River Oaks Theatre to show No Other Land documentary

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'No Other Land' is a victory for the Palestinian struggle

While some have accused the Oscar-winning film of normalization, leaders and activists in Masafer Yatta are unwavering in their support for joint resistance. The post Make no mistake: ‘No Other Land’ is a victory for the Palestinian struggle appeared first on +972 Magazine.

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When Documentaries Become Propaganda: The Case for Rescinding the 'No Other Land' Oscar

If the Academy Awards have any interest in preserving their legitimacy—or even basic credibility—they must consider rescinding the Oscar handed to “No Other Land” for Best Documentary. To do otherwise would not only reward a flagrant distortion of the truth but would confirm what many have long suspected: that the Academy has abandoned even the pretense of valuing journalistic integrity in favor of political pandering. To understand how disastro…

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Sundance 2025: Timely, Incisive and With Unexpected Humor, ‘Coexistence, My Ass!’ Offers a Singular Perspective on Conflict in the Middle East

Coexistence, My Ass!—which received a World Cinema Documentary Special Jury Award for Freedom of Expression at Sundance this year—chronicles five years in the life and work of activist and standup comedian Noam Shuster-Eliassi. Born to Romanian and Iranian Jewish parents, Shuster-Eliassi grew up in the Oasis of Peace, also known as Neve Shalom (in Hebrew) and Wahat al-Sallam (in Arabic), a social experiment in the form of a small village where P…