Palestinian Oscar winner feared for his life during Israeli settler attack

Film stars blast Academy for 'failing to defend' Palestinian filmmaker

Movie stars including Joaquin Phoenix, Penelope Cruz and Richard Gere have blasted the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences for failing to defend an Oscar-winning Palestinian filmmaker who said he was attacked by Israeli settlers.Hamdan Ballal co-directed "No Other Land," which won best documentary at this year's Academy Awards. This week, he said he had been assaulted by settlers and detained at gunpoint by soldiers in the Israeli-occupi…

Settlers attack Palestinians in West Bank's Masafer Yatta; over 20 residents arrested

Four Palestinians, including a 15-year-old in intensive care, were hospitalized. Israel Police claim the settler attack followed a Palestinian assault on two Israelis. Settler attacks have risen, with three Palestinians, including No Other Land co-director, arrested after a nearby attack last week

Hip-Hop Star Macklemore on New Film “The Encampments” & Why He Speaks Out Against Israel’s War on Gaza

We’re joined by the four-time Grammy-winning musician Macklemore, a vocal proponent of Palestinian rights and critic of U.S. foreign policy. He serves as executive producer for the new documentary The Encampments, which follows last year’s student occupations of college campuses to protest U.S. backing of Israel’s genocidal assault on Gaza. He tells Democracy Now! why he got involved with the film and the roots of his own activism, including the

Director Hamdan Balal believes he was attacked on Monday over the international success of the film The Only Land, which sheds light on ethnic cleansing in Masafer Jat.

Israeli filmmaker lambasts Academy Awards over response to assault of Palestinian co-director

Hamdan Ballal won recently won an Oscar for No Other Land, which documents the destruction of villages in the West Bank.

Alex Gibney-Produced Documentary About Palestinian-American Scholar Edward Said Among Winners at CPH:DOX Industry Awards

At the industry awards of Copenhagen’s documentary festival CPH:DOX last night, the U.S. project “Untitled Edward Said Documentary” by Maiken Baird, whose credits include Netflix’s “Venus and Serena” and “Ghislaine Maxwell: Filthy Rich,” won the new Al Jazeera Documentary Channel Co-Production Award, with a cash prize of €10,000 ($10,800). The project is being produced by Alex Gibney, Paul Dallas and Sarah Mowaswes. The Indian/U.S. project “Me…