In 2019, 1,000 Palestinian homes were selected for demolition in the village of Masafer Yatta, the largest mass expulsion order in the West Bank since the Israeli occupation began. Local resident Basel Adra and Israeli journalist Yuval Abraham document this destruction house by house over four years in No Other Land, winner of this year’s Berlinale Documentary Film Award. This heartbreaking documentary captures the trauma and confusion of the families who are displaced as soldiers enter their remote village and bulldoze their homes. Water manes are busted, tools are confiscated, cars are seized, residents are forced into caves, and dissent is met with violence. No Other Land is a potent reminder of the importance and power of ground-level journalism in the face of injustice. At the center of the story is a poignant friendship that we see deepen and fray over time as Basel and Yuval shoulder the responsibility of telling the stories of the dispossessed. ~TW

Also screens Friday, October 25 | 7:15 PM