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Celebs Sign Letter Criticizing Oscars' Response to 'No Other Land' Co-Director Attack | THR News Video
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Over 600 Oscar voters have signed an open letter criticizing the leadership of the The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences for its initial response to the recent assault and arrest of Oscar winner Hamdan Ballal.
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Over 600 Oscar voters have signed an open letter criticizing the leadership of the Academy of
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Motion Picture Arts and Sciences for its initial response to the recent assault and arrest of Oscar
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winner Hamdan Bilal. The 603 voting Academy members who signed the letter include Olivia
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Coleman, Javier Bardem, Mark Ruffalo, Ava DuVernay, Emma Thompson, Joaquin Phoenix,
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Tony Kushner, Richard Gere, Andrea Risborough, Todd Haynes, Sandra Oh, Penelope Cruz, Natasha
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Leone, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Peter Sarsgaard, and Elizabeth Olsen, among many others. The letter
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reads in part, we stand in condemnation of the brutal assault and unlawful detention of Oscar-winning
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Palestinian filmmaker Hamdan Bilal by settlers and Israeli forces in the West Bank. The statement
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goes on to say, documentary filmmakers often expose themselves to extreme risks to enlighten
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the world. It is indefensible for an organization to recognize a film with an award in the first
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week of March and then fail to defend its filmmakers just a few weeks later. To win an Oscar is not an
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easy task. Most films in competition are buoyed by wide distribution and exorbitantly priced campaigns
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directed at voting members. For no other land, to win an Oscar without these advantages speaks to how
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important the film is to the voting membership. The letter concludes by saying,
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the targeting of Bilal is not just an attack on one filmmaker. It is an attack on all those who
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dare to bear witness and tell inconvenient truths. We will continue to watch over this film team.
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Winning an Oscar has put their lives in increasing danger. We will not mince words when the safety of
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fellow artists is at stake. The letter comes after Academy leaders Bill Kramer and Janet Yang put out a
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statement Wednesday that suggested the beating and arrest of Bilal is something Academy members will
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quote, have many unique viewpoints on. Bilal, who won an Oscar for co-directing Best Documentary
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Feature winner No Other Land, was attacked and arrested by the Israeli military earlier this week
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during a confrontation with settlers that took place on the West Bank. He was released the next day.
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For more on this story and all the latest updates, go to THR.com. This is the Hollywood Reporter News.
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