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Hamdan Ballal won an Oscar for co-directing “No Other Land,” then went home to the West Bank and was attacked and arrested.
"Los Angeles and the Oscars were of an entirely different world from the one I know," the 'No Other Land' filmmaker said in a ...
The Academy released a statement Wednesday condemning “harming artists” but did not name the individuals involved. By Thursday morning, a letter began circulating among AMPAS members ...
One month ago, on March 25, No Other Land director Hamdan Ballal was “brutally attacked” in his home ... and Rachel Szor took ...
Calling the incident the "worst moment of my life," Hamdan Ballal urged continued international attention on Palestine.
Hamdan Ballal, the Oscar-winning co-director of 'No Other Land,' has described being attacked by Israeli settlers and being ...
The attack, just weeks after Ballal and his fellow directors won best documentary at the Academy Awards, was widely condemned ... comparing it to “silence on Hamdan’s assault.” ...
Filmmaker Yuval Abraham is calling out the Academy for not publicly supporting Hamdan Ballal after the No Other ... as did countless other award groups and festivals. Several U.S. Academy members ...
From left: 'No Other Land' directors Basel Adra, Rachel Szor, Hamdan Ballal ... took place less than a month after Ballal was feted at the 97th Academy Awards ceremony in L.A. with the Best ...