No Other Land is a powerful documentary created by a Palestinian-Israeli collective, capturing the destruction of Masafer Yatta in the occupied West Bank by Israeli forces. While deeply harrowing, the film also carries a quiet but persistent hope — for a better future.
Genre: documentary
Language: Arabic, English, Hebrew, subtitles: English
Length: 1hr. 32 mins.
The documentary follows Basel Adra, a young Palestinian activist from Masafer Yatta in the West Bank, who has been fighting against the mass expulsion of his community by Israeli authorities since he was young. He documents the destruction of villages in his region, where Israeli soldiers are gradually demolishing homes and driving out residents. At one point, he meets Yuval, an Israeli journalist, and an unlikely friendship develops between them. Although Yuval supports Basel in his efforts, their bond is strained by the vast inequality: Basel lives under military occupation, while Yuval lives free and unrestricted. No Other Land is made by a Palestinian-Israeli collective consisting of Basel Adra, Yuval Abraham, Hamdan Ballal and Rachel Szor.
The documentary won the Oscar for Best Documentary and later made headlines due to violence against and arrest of co-director Hamdan Ballal.
Reviews
“No Other Land is a portrait of relentless cruelty, but it is also a portrait of the resilience of this besieged community.” RogerEbert
“It’s a riveting and humane experience pulled from the rubble of a never-ending war.” Chicago Tribune
“ It’s a compassionately constructed film — it never looks away from the agony before us, and the subject is of the utmost importance.” TheWrap
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