Sawa Recommends: "No Other Land" at West Newton Cinema
Oscar-winning film playing through March 13.
“No Other Land” at the West Newton Cinema
West Newton Cinema is showing No Other Land, an Oscar-winning documentary that chronicles the resistance of Masafer Yatta, a Palestinian community in the occupied West Bank and the systematic destruction of homes and expulsion of families from the land by Israeli soldiers to claim the land for a military training ground. The documentary will be showing from Friday, March 7th through Thursday, March 13th. Tickets available online or at the door. (Official Trailer)
The film was produced from 2019 to 2023 and comprises mostly personal camcorder footage filmed by Palestinian activist Basel Adra. The film is directed by Adra along with Palestinian filmmaker Hamdan Ballal and Israeli filmmakers Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szorby also documents the friendship which develops between the Palestinian activist Basel and Israeli journalist Yuval. In their Oscar acceptance speech, the directors called for Palestinian human rights and for a political solution based on equal rights of Palestinians and Israelis.
Prior to the Oscar win, No Other Land won the best documentary award at the Berlin International Film Festival, the Gotham Awards and 65 other awards from major critics’ groups in the US and other countries. Yet no American studio or streaming service has been willing to distribute the film. This comes at the heels of Netflix removing 24 Palestinian films from its archive in October 2024.
Watch the documentary for yourself and support our local non-profit theater and then take action. Ask major streaming services to add “No Other Land” to their libraries:
Netflix – help.netflix.com/en/titlerequest
Amazon Prime Video – Amazon.com/gp/help/customer/contact-us
Apple TV+ – support.apple.com/contact
Also Don’t Forget… Sawa Grassroots Campaigns Training
Have you ever considered running for local office -- School Committee, City Council, Mayor -- or supporting a grassroots candidate? Don't know what it takes or where to start? We invite Sawa members and friends to a Grassroots Campaigns Information Session on Tuesday, March 18th, from 7:00 to 8:30pm on Zoom. We will talk about everything you need to run for office or support a campaign! We hope to see you there. Register here: https://tinyurl.com/SawaTraining."