199: "No Other Land" directors Basel Adra and Yuval Abraham

Pure Nonfiction: Inside Documentary Film

"No Other Land" is directed by a collective of two Palestinians and two Israelis. They capture lives of Palestinians in the West Bank village of Masafer Yatta that's been routinely targeted by Israeli settlers and the military with violence and home demolitions. Taking place from 2019 to 2023, the film shows an alliance form between two of the directors – Basel Adra, who lives in Masafer Yatta, and Yuval Abraham from Israel – in their efforts to expose an injustice.

"No Other Land" won the Berlin Film Festival's jury and audience prizes in the Panorama section. Now it's coming to festivals in North America at TIFF, Camden, NYFF and other stops. It will be released in theaters this fall.

Pure Nonfiction host Thom Powers conducted this interview by Zoom reaching Basel Adra in Masafer Yatta and Yuval Abraham in Jerusalem. The film's other directors are Hamdan Ballal and Rachel Szor.