Just weeks after standing in the global spotlight at the Oscars in Los Angeles, where he accepted an award for “No Other Land”, a documentary chronicling the plight of his West Bank village– Palestinian filmmaker Hamdan Ballal now bears the physical scars of a brutal assault.
The Oscars have a long history of rewarding politically charged films while perfectly maintaining the status quo that these films often critique as the antagonist.
Just weeks after standing in the global spotlight at the Oscars in Los Angeles, where he accepted an award for “No Other Land”, a documentary chronicling the plight of his West Bank village– Palestinian filmmaker Hamdan Ballal now bears the physical scars of a brutal assault.
The Oscars have a long history of rewarding politically charged films while perfectly maintaining the status quo that these films often critique as the antagonist.
