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Documentarians, Miami Beach Mayor Clash Over No Other Land
Mayor Steven Meiner wants to shut down the nonprofit O Cinema for screening the doc on Palestinian resistance.
“We as filmmakers invite critical discussion of any film, but your decision to punish O Cinema for screening No Other Land is an attack on freedom of expression, the right of artists to tell their stories, and a violation of the First Amendment,” the letter reads in part. Alfred Spellman, a Miami Beach native who produced docs such as Cocaine Cowboys, says the film’s content is immaterial if one believes in freedom of speech. It was made by both Israeli and Palestinian filmmakers, with Hamdan Ballal, Yuval Abraham, Rachel Szor and Basel Adra sharing directing credit.
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