NO OTHER LAND
ACADEMY AWARD WINNER: BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE | For half a decade, Basel Adra, a Palestinian activist, films his community of Masafer Yatta being destroyed by Israel’s occupation, as he builds an unlikely alliance with an Israeli journalist who wants to join his fight.
SHOWTIMES
APR 18 | FRI
4:50, 7:10 p.m.
APR 19 | SAT
12:00, 2:30, 4:50, 7:10 p.m.
APR 20 | SUN
12:00, 2:30, 4:50, 7:10 p.m.
APR 21 | MON
4:50, 7:10 p.m.
APR 22 | TUE
4:50, 7:10 p.m.
APR 23 | WED
4:50, 7:10 p.m.
APR 24 | THU
4:50, 7:10 p.m.
APR 25 | FRI
7:20 p.m.
APR 26 | SAT
3:00, 7:20 p.m.
APR 27 | SUN
5:10 p.m.
APR 28 | MON
7:20 p.m.
APR 29 | TUE
5:10 p.m.
APR 30 | WED
7:20 p.m.
MAY 1 | THU
5:10 p.m.
SYNOPSIS
Basel Adra, a young Palestinian activist from Masafer Yatta, has been fighting his community’s mass expulsion by the Israeli occupation since childhood. Basel documents the gradual erasure of Masafer Yatta, as soldiers destroy the homes of families – the largest single act of forced transfer ever carried out in the occupied West Bank. He crosses paths with Yuval, an Israeli journalist who joins his struggle, and for over half a decade they fight against the expulsion while growing closer. Their complex bond is haunted by the extreme inequality between them: Basel, living under a brutal military occupation, and Yuval, unrestricted and free. This film, by a Palestinian-Israeli collective of four young activists, was co-created during the darkest, most terrifying times in the region, as an act of creative resistance to Apartheid and a search for a path towards equality and justice.
Please Note: No Other Land contains content that some viewers may find sensitive or challenging. The Mary Riepma Ross Media Arts Center is committed to presenting a wide range of films that reflect diverse perspectives and subject matter. The views and opinions expressed in this film do not necessarily reflect those of the Ross Media Arts Center or the University of Nebraska–Lincoln.
Director
Basel Adra, Hamdan Ballal, Yuval Abraham & Rachel Szor
WITH
Run Time
1 hour, 36 minutes
Released
2024
Distributor
mTuckman Media
HEARING AND VISUAL ASSISTANCE
Assisted Listening
Subtitled / Open Captions
Country
Norway, Palestine
SUBTITLES
Arabic, Hebrew, and English with English Subtitles
NOT RATED
Many of the films shown at The Ross are not rated due to the prohibitive cost of acquiring a rating from the Motion Picture Association of America. Consequently, as many of these films contain graphic content, viewer discretion is advised.
REVIEWS
“An audacious and devastating film.”
“If anything can be described as essential viewing, it’s this stark and unflinching account of life on the ground in a contested region of the West Bank.”
“In the hands of these filmmakers the camera becomes a weapon for truth and resistance, and a tool for conservation — recording some proof that their village existed.”