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Hamdan Ballal’s ‘No Other Land’ co-directors skewer film academy for silence on attack, detainment

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The filmmakers behind “No Other Land” say the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences failed this week to publicly step up and support co-director Hamdan Ballal when he “needed them most.” Israeli journalist Yuval Abraham and Palestinian activist Basel Adra, who both co-directed and appeared in the documentary, criticized the film academy Wednesday for … Read more

‘No Other Land’ filmmaker beaten by Israeli settlers and detained by soldiers, co-director and activists allege

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Filmmaker Hamdan Ballal, one of the two Palestinian directors behind the Oscar-winning documentary “No Other Land,” was detained Monday in the occupied West Bank by the Israeli military after he was attacked by settlers, according to his Israeli co-director and Jewish activists. Journalist Yuval Abraham, who co-directed “No Other Land,” wrote Monday on X that … Read more