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Maya Rudolph, James Schamus among filmmakers calling to protect ‘No Other Land’ team after director’s arrest

JL;DR SUMMARY Jewish filmmakers, including Maya Rudolph and James Schamus, have shown solidarity with Hamdan Ballal, the Palestinian co-director of the Oscar-winning documentary "No Other Land," following his arrest by Israeli troops. 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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Israeli Palestinian ConflictJewish FilmmakersFreedom Of SpeechArtistic FreedomNo Other LandMaya RudolphOscar Winning DocumentaryJames SchamusHamdan Ballal

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Central District, Israel
"Ballal was released Tuesday, a day after he was beaten by West Bank settlers before being arrested."
Jenin, Palestinian Territories
"He is one of four directors two Israeli and two Palestinian of No Other Land, which chronicles Israeli demolitions in a Palestinian West Bank village."

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