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‘No Other Land’ Director Calls Israeli Settler Attack ‘Worst Moment of My Life’
Hamdan Ballal, the Oscar-winning co-director of 'No Other Land,' has described being attacked by Israeli settlers and detained, in a new essay.
Hamdan Ballal Pens Candid Op-Ed About West Bank Assault: “Our Movie Won an Oscar, But Our Lives Are No Better Than Before”
"Los Angeles and the Oscars were of an entirely different world from the one I know," the 'No Other Land' filmmaker said in a ...
Hamdan Ballal’s ‘No Other Land’ co-directors skewer film academy for silence on attack, detainment
Israeli journalist and 'No Other Land' filmmaker Yuval Abraham alleges the academy, which oversees the Oscars, 'felt no need ...
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'No Other Land' co-director Hamdan Ballal, bloodied and bruised, released from Israeli custody
Hamdan Ballal, one of the two Palestinian filmmakers ... The Times learned Monday afternoon that Israeli forces had detained Ballal on suspicion of hurling rocks at IDF and police.
Film academy apologizes to ‘No Other Land’s’ Hamdan Ballal after members decry ‘indefensible’ response
Film academy leaders apologized to 'No Other Land' co-director Hamdan Ballal for their initial response to his detainment, ...
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Hamdan Ballal: Oscar-winning Palestinian director freed after he was 'attacked by Israeli settlers & detained'
Hamdan Ballal, a Palestinian co-director of the Oscar-winning documentary No Other Land, has been released after he was beaten in the occupied West Bank and later detained by Israeli forces ...
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Hamdan Ballal's 'No Other Land' co-directors skewer film academy for silence on attack, detainment
Israel forces detained Ballal on Monday after he was ... writing that the academy "declined to publicly support Hamdan Ballal while he was beaten and tortured by Israeli soldiers and settlers." ...