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Rachael L

For folks, I've heard good things about the documentary No Other Land about a young Palestinian, Basel Adra, fighting his communities expulsion and along the way he meets and Israeli journalist. Playing at NW Film Forum starting this Thursday and a few other places around town.

nwfilmforum.org/films/no-other

Northwest Film ForumNo Other Land [In-Person Only] - Northwest Film ForumBasel Adra films his town being destroyed by Israel's occupation, and builds an unlikely alliance with an Israeli journalist who wants to join his fight.
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Rachael L

Well, that was intense. It's a weird thing to "know" that these specific kinds of horrific things happen over and over in the occupation of Palestine. It is another to watch a person intentionally filming himself and what happens to his community. Almost entirely sold out screening at Northwest Film Forum and they've put on extra screenings tomorrow, still some next weekend and there are other theaters in town showing it. No regular distributor in the US was willing to carry it.

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Rachael L

Many scenes are Basel & Yuval talking, usually at night, tired. Basel asks "when are we getting married". They both kind of laugh. Yuval asks if he wants children. A piercing question that hit me hard. I'm glad to learn Basel has married and has a one month old.

nytimes.com/2025/02/19/movies/

The New York Times · “No Other Land” Is the Oscar-Nominated Film That No Studio Will TouchBy Kyle Buchanan
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Rachael L

One of the co-directors of Oscar award winning documentary No Other Land, Hamdan Ballal, was assaulted by Israeli settlers and then the Israeli military took him to a military base. His family and friends have no been able to communicate with him. If you live in the United States, you're helping to fund this.

apnews.com/article/no-other-la

Basel Adra, another co-director, witnessed the detention and said around two dozen settlers — some masked, some carrying guns, some in Israeli uniform — attacked the village. Soldiers who arrived pointed their guns at the Palestinians, while settlers continued throwing stones. “We came back from the Oscars and every day since there is an attack on us,” Adra told The Associated Press. “This might be their revenge on us for making the movie. It feels like a punishment.” The Israeli military said it detained three Palestinians suspected of hurling rocks at forces and one Israeli civilian involved in a “violent confrontation” between Israelis and Palestinians — a claim witnesses interviewed by the AP disputed. The military said it had transferred them to Israeli police for questioning and had evacuated an Israeli citizen from the area to receive medical treatment.
A group of 10-20 masked settlers with stones and sticks also assaulted activists with the Center for Jewish Nonviolence, smashing their car windows and slashing tires to make them flee the area, one of the activists at the scene, Josh Kimelman, told the AP. Video provided by the Center for Jewish Nonviolence showed a masked settler shoving and swinging his fists at two activists in a dusty field at night. The activists rush back to their car as rocks can be heard thudding against the vehicle.
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Dinger

@r343l I watched it at a film series in E. WA last night and it was pretty good. It was sold out and the organizers had a waiting list of people trying to get in. Apparently it’s been screened in fewer than 20 American cities as of last night.

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Rachael L

@Canucklehead Given how this topic has played out politically especially the last 16 months, I imagine it took some work to get places willing to screen. There's a lot of pushback to any kind of critical media.

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