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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.
O ne month ago, on March 25, No Other Land director Hamdan Ballal was “brutally attacked” in his home, then arrested and held ...
The Academy faced criticism from a number of Hollywood stars for its initial response to the attack on filmmaker Hamdan Ballal.
"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 issued a follow-up letter naming Hamdan Ballal and apologizing for omitting both him and "No Other Land" from a message sent earlier.
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.” ...
Film academy leaders apologized to 'No Other Land' co-director Hamdan Ballal for their initial response to his detainment, ...
Oscar-winning "No Other Land" director Hamdan Ballal was beaten by Israeli soldiers and kept in inhumane conditions for more ...
Israeli journalist and 'No Other Land' filmmaker Yuval Abraham alleges the academy, which oversees the Oscars, 'felt no need ...
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has released a new statement after facing widespread criticism for not publicly supporting Palestinian director Hamdan Bilal, who was recently ...
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 ...