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Academy apologizes for not adequately supporting Oscar-winning Palestinian director

March 30, 2025

By Chloe Veltman

<img src="https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims3/default/strip/false/crop/8640×5760+0+0/resize/8640×5760!/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fb5%2Ffc%2Fa7991e154b07a29eb640a60a632c%2Fap25084532285226.jpg" alt="Hamdan Ballal, Oscar-winning Palestinian director of No Other Land, is released from a police station in the West Bank settlement of Kiryat Arba a day after being detained by the Israeli army following an attack by Jewish settlers, on Tuesday.”>

No Other Land, is released from a police station in the West Bank settlement of Kiryat Arba a day after being detained by the Israeli army following an attack by Jewish settlers, on Tuesday.”>

The apology appeared after a wave of online protest against the Academy — first for not responding to Ballal’s attack, and then for not naming him and his film directly in its initial statement.

(Image credit: Leo Correa)

Source:: https://www.npr.org/2025/03/29/nx-s1-5344513/academy-palestinian-director-oscars-no-other-land-hamdan-ballal

Updated: March 30, 2025 at 12:26 am
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