My Oscar-winning film exposed violent Israeli settlers. Now they’re the soldiers
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🗓️ 12 May 2025
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Summary
In March this year, a team of Palestinian and Israeli filmmakers accepted the Oscar for best documentary. Their film No Other Land is a glimpse into the reality of life in the West Bank, the most populous of the Palestinian Territories. Before the month was out, though, one of the people on that stage - co-director Hamdan Ballal - would return home to the West Bank and be attacked and detained by Israeli settlers and soldiers. Times reporter Venetia Menzies went to meet Hamdan and his co-director and star of the documentary, Basel Adra, to find out what life is like now for Palestinians in the West Bank.
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Guest: Venetia Menzies, assistant data editor at The Times and The Sunday Times
Host: Luke Jones
Producer: Hannah Varrall
Further reading: https://www.thetimes.com/culture/film/article/palestinian-film-director-oscar-israeli-settlers-q62756r9v
Clips: Oscars, No Other Land, CBS Chicago, France 24 English, Hollywood Reporter.
Photo: Basel Adra (Venetia Menzies)
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| 0:34.0 | From The Times and the Sunday Times, this is the story. |
| 0:37.3 | I'm Luke Jones. |
| 0:41.7 | And the Oscar goes to No Other Land. |
| 0:49.5 | In March this year, a team of Palestinian and Israeli filmmakers appeared on stage in Hollywood |
| 0:55.3 | and together accepted the best documentary award. |
| 0:59.3 | Their film is a glimpse into the realities of life in the West Bank, the most populous |
| 1:04.3 | of the Palestinian territories. |
| 1:05.8 | Thank you to the Academy for the Award. |
| 1:07.9 | It's such a big honor for the four of us and everybody support. |
| 1:11.6 | Before the month was out though, one of the people on that stage, co-director Hamdan |
| 1:14.9 | Balal, would return home to the West Bank and be attacked and detained by Israeli settlers and soldiers. |
| 1:21.6 | It was, you know, laughing about me. |
| 1:26.6 | The hostas, they can't protect you. |
| 1:34.3 | Times reporter Venetian Mingis went to meet co-director Hamdan Balal and Basil Adra, who stars in the award-winning documentary, to find out what life is like now |
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