Miami Beach Mayor Moves to Terminate O Cinema Lease Over Oscar-Winning 'No Other Land' Screening Amid Israeli-Palestinian Conflict

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Updated Mar 13, 2025, 02:11 AM

Miami Beach Mayor Steven Meiner is taking action to terminate the lease of O Cinema, a non-profit art house theater, following its screenings of the Oscar-winning documentary 'No Other Land'. The film, which focuses on the Masafer Yatta community in the occupied West Bank as its homes are demolished to make way for an Israeli military training zone, has been described by Mayor Meiner as 'hateful propaganda' and an 'attack on Jewish people'. The mayor's move comes after O Cinema proceeded with the screenings despite his request for cancellation. The theater had initially agreed to cancel the screenings due to concerns about antisemitic rhetoric but later added four more showings, prompting the mayor's decision to end the lease. Additionally, Coral Gables Art Cinema has also scheduled screenings of the film. The documentary, directed by a team of Israeli and Palestinian filmmakers, has faced challenges in securing distribution in the U.S. and has been shown in only 23 theaters across the country. The controversy surrounding the film's screenings in Miami Beach highlights the tensions over its portrayal of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, especially amidst other film festivals such as the Miami Jewish Film Festival, the Southern Circuit Tour, and the Sundance Film Festival Shorts.

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Ryan Grim

@ryangrim

A theater in Miami screened the Oscar winning “No Other Land” and now the mayor is moving to end their lease https://t.co/xXROpZtQht

Mel

@Villgecrazylady

Now we’ve got the Jewish mayor of Miami using his office to cancel the lease of a tiny community theater because it screened the *Oscar Winning* documentary No Other Land last week. Meiner claims the film is “an attack on Jewish people” despite the fact that half of the… https://t.co/POjk5ajzLI