Palestinians hope ‘No Other Land’ Oscar win brings help as they face possible Israeli expulsion

(3 Mar 2025)
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At-Tuwani, Masafer Yatta area, West Bank – 3 March 2025
1. Various of the hamlet of At-Tuwani in southern West Bank
2. Salem Adra, activist and brother of Basel Adra, co-director of documentary "No Other Land", approaching building
3. Adra entering building and sitting down
4. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Salem Adra, activist and brother of director Basel Adra:
"We really were up all night, we did not sleep. The surprise was huge and joyful, that a movie like this could reach this level and get the Oscar."
5. Mid of Adra and his grandmother Sarieh, 87
6. Close of Sarieh
7. Various of Adra speaking to Sarieh about the Oscar win
8. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Salem Adra, activist:
"Of course this is a victory. This is a victory from over 20 years to embody the reality of life here in Masafer Yatta, since 2000. To reach 2025 and this film win an Oscar, this film has really done something. And its reached this level because of the efforts of the people that live here in Masafer Yatta. This is not just a win for Basel Adra, (Israeli journalist and filmmaker) Yuval (Abraham) or the other directors or just our family – this film is a win for all Palestine and especially for everyone living in Masafer Yatta."
9. Various of Adra and his son Elias walking down street to another family home
10. Close of mural on wall
11. Various of Adra and Elias checking the building’s security cameras
12. Adra walking into office with writing on wall outside reading (English): "On this land there is something worth living for"
13. Mid of mural on wall
14. Various of photos showing difficulties of life in Masafer Yatta ++CONTAINS IMAGES OF DEAD ANIMALS++
15. Mid of cameras used by family to document altercations with settlers and Israeli military
16. Close of camera
17. Wide Nidal Younis, head of Masafer Yatta village council, speaking
18. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Nidal Younis, head of Masafer Yatta village council:
"And you notice it, I mean, if you come and take a close look at the Masafer Yatta area and see the settlers’ violence that is increasing dramatically every day. The goal of this violence, first of all, is to target the land on which people live. It targets the people who have been on this land for hundreds of years, it targets their property. The goal of this programmed violence by the settlers is to expel people from the Masafer Yatta area. We know that our conflict in this area is not an ideological conflict as much as it is a conflict that someone is usurping your right to live on this land and expelling you from this land.”
19. Various of Adra watching video of his brother Basel’s Oscar acceptance speech
20. Adra showing photo on his phone of his brother with Oscar awards
21. Mid of sculpture made from tear gas canisters and sound grenades
22. Wide of chicken coop overlooking the valley of Masafer Yatta
23. Mid of Raed al-Hamamdeh, 48-year-old shepherd, moving his herd across a ridge
24. Various of rubble of demolished home
25. Mid of Adra and Raed talking next to the rubble
26. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Raed al-Hamamdeh, shepherd:
“They (Israel) came and set up these tents and barracks here, and they extended to a point there behind the mosque. There was a family there and they demolished their house, burned its furniture, and smashed everything, and they were deported from it.”
27. Various of an Israeli outpost set up since October 7, 2023 overlooking the village
28. Wide of the hamlet of al-Tuwaneh
29. Wide of olive tree on stone terrace
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