The Mayor of Miami Beach, Florida, supports a proposal to terminate the rental and financial support of an independent theater after the review No other Country, An Oscar winner about the conflict between Palestinians and Israelis.
The move came after several lawyers and artists criticized the threat of Mayor Steven mine in the past few days and said that this would violate freedom of speech.
Before that, he said he tried to clear and stop future grants to the non-profit O-cinema in South Beach.
The city commissioners should vote on a decision on Wednesday in which these intentions, which were introduced and published by mine last week, were formally determined. A majority of this city commissioner said they had opposed this resolution, as well as dozens of people who gathered there.
Mine said he would instead present another solution that aims to encourage the cinema, show films that “highlight a fair and balanced point of view of the current war”, and it would be postponed to a later meeting.
No other country At the beginning of this month in the O Cinema in the Miami Beach Historic City Hall opened. Mine had a few days before the premiere, Vivian Marthell, discouraging the film to show the film.
Marthell said that she initially agreed to not check it, but later changed her opinion after you think about the broader effects on the freedom of speech and the mission of the cinema to share films that not only entertain, but also challenge, educate and inspire a meaningful dialogue.
She threatened legal steps against the city if it progresses with the evacuation.
No other countrywhich was shot between 2019 and 2023 and published last year was staged by a group of Israeli and Palestinian filmmakers: Basel Adra, Hamdan Ballal, Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor.
The film documents the destruction of Palestinian villages in the West Bank by the Israeli military. Production on the wrap for days before Hamas started their fatal attacks on Israel on October 7, 2023, which led to the current war in Gaza.
The film was won at the beginning of this month and earlier awards for the best documentary for the best documentary.
