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Film Review | No Other Land

JL;DR SUMMARY "No Other Land," a documentary about the IDF's controversial evictions of Palestinian homes in the West Bank, surprises with an Oscar nomination despite its limited U.S. distribution. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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FriendshipIdfDocumentaryActivismMasafer YattaBasel AdraPalestinian Israeli RelationsYuval AbrahamCinema VeritéForced Evictions

Places mentioned

Berlin, Germany
"It premiered at the Berlin International Film Festival in February of 2024 but had only played at a handful of U.S. festivals; although the majority of filming was completed before October 2023, the events of October 7 irrevocably changed the sociopolitical environment of the films release."
Masafer Yatta, Hebron, Palestinian Territories
"The film chronicles years of an unfolding IDF-led eviction of a collection of Palestinian villages known as Masafer Yatta, located on the southern tip of the West Bank territory, right on the edge of the Negev Desert."
Beer Sheva, Southern District, Israel
"Abraham is an Israeli Jewish citizen from Beer Sheva whose family came to Israel in 1900."

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