No Other Land

Started by WorldForgot, January 26, 2025, 11:46:29 AM

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QuoteOver five years, a Palestinian-Israeli collective of directors captured footage of Masafer Yatta residents in the West Bank and their struggle, survival, and death in the face of the Israeli military and settlers, as they witnessed the destruction of their homes and schools and were forced to leave their villages with nowhere to go. Yet No Other Land is more than a powerful work of cinéma vérité; it is the story of the growing friendship between Palestinian activist Basel Adra and Israeli journalist Yuval Abraham, both united by harrowing circumstances and one fragile idea: that through cinema and resistance, one can (perhaps) imagine a space of peace and freedom that never existed in their lives.

QuoteThe film takes an unflinching look at Israel's mass expulsion of Palestinians living in Masafer Yatta in the occupied West Bank. Despite its critical and festival success, "No Other Land" has not been able to find distribution in the United States.

Despite no distributor picking this movie up, it played NYC and Chicago earlier this month. Has one more showing in LA on Jan 29th.

Here's hoping MUBI or another speciality label will pick it up.


Jeremy Blackman

Devindra Hardawar of the Filmcast had this very high on his top ten.