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‘No Other Land’s’ Palestinian and Israeli Directors on Why U.S. Distributors Won’t Touch Their Doc: It’s ‘Completely Political’
The Palestinian and Israeli directors of ‘No Other Land’ on why U.S. distributors won’t touch their doc, which has been picked up in 24 countries.
“ No Other Land,” the Palestinian-Israeli doc which depicts the Israeli government’s efforts to force Palestinians from their homes in Masafer Yatta in the southern West Bank, has been steadily gaining accolades ever since it scored the best documentary prize at last year’s Berlin Film Festival. “No Other Land,” which is directed by a Palestinian-Israeli collective of four young activists – Hamdan Ballal, Yuval Abraham, Rachel Szor and Basel Adra – has also been tipped as a top contender for a nomination in the Oscars documentary feature category. Let’s talk about the doc’s journey, starting from Berlin where you won a major prize and then there was controversy with Germany’s culture minister saying your onstage speeches were “shockingly one-sided.”
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