No Other Land now available on demand for 3 week fundraiser

All proceeds will benefit the West Bank's Masafer Yatta communities depicted in the film.

By Emma Keates  |  April 18, 2025 | 4:46pm
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No Other Land has been notoriously hard to view in the U.S., but now the film is coming straight to home TVs. The Oscar-winning documentary will be available on demand for the next three weeks as part of a fundraiser on by the film’s team in support of the Palestinian Masafer Yatta communities it depicts. “My father was born under Israeli occupation and could never go to school. But I learned English and filmmaking which is how I was able to get the story of Masafer Yatta out to millions,” co-director Basel Adra wrote in a statement. “Now it’s available online in North America, with a fundraiser to support the community’s future – because this isn’t just a film, it’s our lives.”

Individual viewers can now rent the film for $13.99 through its website, www.nootherland.com. It’s also available for anyone who wants to host a private screening, either at a local movie theater or anywhere else they can secure a venue. The fundraiser begins today and ends May 9.

For reasons unsurprising but no less infuriating, No Other Land failed to find a backer in the U.S. and was subsequently self-distributed by its Palestinian and Israeli directorial team. Despite winning the Best Documentary Oscar in March, its road hasn’t gotten easier. Later that month, the mayor of Miami Beach threatened to terminate an independent cinema’s lease for screening the film. Then came the news that Palestinian co-director Hamdan Ballal had been attacked by settlers upon returning home to the West Bank, prompting a massive fallout within the Academy after the organization released a vague statement that didn’t mention the director’s name at all. (It later apologized.) 

“We decided to independently make our film accessible online in the U.S. because, despite winning the Oscar, our community is still being destroyed and we urgently need help,” Adra continued. “All the money we get from this fundraiser will go directly to the community, physical and psychological support to help families recover after settler attacks, a local sheep fodder factory to create employment, and English classes so the younger generation has more tools to tell our stories.”

You can learn more and rent the film, or donate, here.

 
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