Just three weeks since No Other Land won Best Documentary Feature Film at the Academy Awards, the film's Palestinian co-director Hamdan Ballal was beaten, kidnapped and tortured by Israeli settlers and the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF). But the deafening silence from the Academy has drawn condemnation, reports Isaac Nellist.
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A packed-out screening of No Other Land, which offers an unprecedented opportunity for Palestinian activists to have their voices heard, raised important funds and recruited new activists to the solidarity movement. Cas Smith reports.