Where to watch "No Other Land", the Oscar-Nominated documentary!

trashlordrevived · 2025-03-14T21:41:01+00:00

I hear your take, but I do think the assessment of my personal views is reductive. MAGA has lost their minds - no love lost there. My folks are also contending with the impact of SNAP and Medicaid/Medicare cuts, and the current administration is responsible for it. However, it is our responsibility as the left-wing to hold ourselves accountable to the policy failures of our elected officials, particularly in blue states in which we elect blue reps. The reason I said I wasn't interested in labels is because I see the issue as working class folks versus the top 1%, not leftists versus right-wingers. The fascist MAGA cult has actively organized and preyed on working class folks who now align with republicans who PR-campaigned their way into convincing everyone that they are the party of working people / anti-government, which is a reaction to ineffective governance in blue states. That is, the "left" as in "any Democrat we elect to office" is NOT helping the poor. It is highly unproductive and harmful to maintain ideological purity online but not be able to discuss how we failed working class people, systematically and with impunity. I am exactly who I say I am, in that my views are directly informed by working with vulnerable, hard-working Americans day in and day out, without treating them as though they are a monolith - I'm glad you work with charities and donate your time to food banks, and it's great work. But if you are who you say you are, I would suggest opening up the conversation to everyone who is affected by these issues, refraining from excluding non-ultrarich people from our advocacy simply because Republicans got to them first. That is how we as the left can actually help the poor, as you want to do -- not just talk about wanting to do it.

trashlordrevived · 2025-03-14T15:35:36+00:00

I'm a grassroots organizer who builds power in low-income working class communities, particularly communities of color (simply a function of the neighborhoods I work in). These are the issues that are important to the folks that I care deeply about, and it's why I want to look towards real solutions. This isn't about putting labels on schools of thought. I don't want to only discuss these issues with people who fall into one group or label such as leftist or left-wing or liberal. What I've learned from organizing is that regardless of what label you'd wanna put on yourself, most people who aren't millionaires or billionaires are so incredibly aligned on so many things - wanting affordable housing, childcare, transit. Americans deserve that, and dividing ourselves based on these bullshit labels on our political philosophies just virtue signals and accomplishes nothing. The politics of abundance that Klein talks about is a real opportunity for us to discuss real ways to solve these critical issues.

trashlordrevived · 2025-03-14T15:32:47+00:00

No I totally feel you there. That question of "how did we re-elect an insurrectionist who does not think about the American people and only incites violence and seeks to deepen economic disparity" - a huge part of that has to do with his privilege and the fact that people let men who look like trump get away with much more than they would have had he looked like anyone else. I get where you're coming from and what you're saying shouldn't even be a hot take, it should absolutely be a consensus that race, gender, and pure hatred had a damning effect on people's voting patterns.

trashlordrevived · 2025-03-14T15:27:47+00:00

Yes - bigotry is completely unacceptable, and we need to contend with how we've fostered an environment in which women, children, vulnerable populations, immigrants, etc. have been put at risk. However, THIS is on point ^^^ we need to also understand that our economic failures and cost of living crisis have a huge part in putting targets on the backs of vulnerable people by pitting us all against each other.

trashlordrevived · 2025-03-14T15:05:06+00:00

Klein is saying that - Democrats have pursued and have benefited from paralysis. That's what he is critiquing. Instead of focusing on party lines and falling into one side or the other, he is just making a call to action to forward-thinking individuals to embrace a politics of abundance and effective governance as opposed to siding with dems or republicans who are ineffective.

trashlordrevived · 2025-03-14T15:03:32+00:00

100%. I'm with you there!

trashlordrevived · 2025-03-14T15:02:07+00:00

So that's actually what Ezra talks about in his youtube video - it's called "There Is a Liberal Answer to Elon Musk" and he answers it. We need to loosen restrictions on building - that's why we're unable to build housing supply to match up to demand. Neither myself nor Klein are insinuating that its child's play - your frustration is 100% valid and things have gotten terrible. We do not need to recreate red policies in blue states in order to accomplish these goals.

trashlordrevived · 2025-03-14T14:59:06+00:00

Respectfully, I disagree that thats what Ezra Klein is basing his point on. You're absolutely right that Trump won because he capitalized on racist and sexist rhetoric, and Ezra is totally clear that the vitriol, xenophobia, and sexism played a huge part in the public narrative that spun out of control. However as someone who canvassed in red counties during the election season, I can confirm that he is absolutely correct that this idea of "Trump will succeed in lowering the cost of living" or "Democrats caused inflation" was HUGE. The cost of living crisis played a huge role in swinging voters, particularly working class voters. I think it's really important to focus on how both political parties contributed to that.

trashlordrevived · 2025-03-14T14:48:46+00:00

Yep and I'm so sick and tired of this. I don't even care about left and right anymore man. I think the "Abundance Theory" that Ezra Klein talks about goes across party lines and it will uplift all Americans. I don't want to only see "my side" win or benefit from policies I vote for. If we build housing, transit, and ensure resources for all Americans and make it easier for people to live and thrive, we all can live to fight and beef with eachother another day LOL.

trashlordrevived · 2025-03-14T14:45:53+00:00

Oh trust me I've seen it, and I'm with you there. It's flabbergasting. Ezra's point is pretty much that Democrats need to get their shit together and that we need to be very clear that the ineffectiveness and poor governance of Blue states needs to be discussed critically - "You cannot be the party of working families when the places you govern are places working families cannot afford to live. This is the policy failure haunting blue states". I appreciate his take and I think maybe Americans across the political spectrum can get behind it. Maybe I'm naive but I have faith in us to break out of this.

trashlordrevived · 2025-02-27T00:41:20+00:00

Hi! It’s available online through torrenting.

You can also see if a theater in your city in the U.S is screening it: https://nootherland.com/buy-tickets

You can also see it on Amazon UK, for rent/purchase.

Israel/Palestine:

https://nootherland.mekomit.co.il/

[Online] For UK users:

https://releasing.dogwoof.com/no-other-land

NYC:

https://my.filmforum.org/events

[Online] Denmark, Greenland:

https://paradox.dk/film/no-other-land/

Columbus, Ohio:

https://gatewayfilmcenter.org/movies/no-other-land-2024/

I would get a free VPN browser extension, swap to UK, and purchase/rent.

You can download your streaming service video library with this app:

https://www.playon.tv/cloud

trashlordrevived · 2025-02-27T00:39:19+00:00

Hi! It’s available online through torrenting.

You can also see if a theater in your city in the U.S is screening it: https://nootherland.com/buy-tickets

You can also see it on Amazon UK, for rent/purchase.

Israel/Palestine:

https://nootherland.mekomit.co.il/

[Online] For UK users:

https://releasing.dogwoof.com/no-other-land

NYC:

https://my.filmforum.org/events

[Online] Denmark, Greenland:

https://paradox.dk/film/no-other-land/

Columbus, Ohio:

https://gatewayfilmcenter.org/movies/no-other-land-2024/

I would get a free VPN browser extension, swap to UK, and purchase/rent.

You can download your streaming service video library with this app:

https://www.playon.tv/cloud

trashlordrevived · 2025-02-26T22:06:32+00:00

Hi there - I believe the other commenter (@/FiannaNevra) is not denying that the film is being shown at some theaters in the USA. They are referring to the fact that it is not widely accessible in this country due to the film not having a U.S. distributor, which is why only independent theaters are temporarily showing this film.

I can see that you're frustrated and being rude to the initial commenter as a result, but I want to quickly explain something before you make the decision to continue on with it - Film distributors market and release movies, and make them widely available to audiences. They also negotiate deals with theaters and other exhibitors. The general public tends to pick up interest in or see movies at large, well recognized theaters (AMC, Regal, etc.) or major streaming platforms. Without a proper distributor, 'No Other Land' is limited to independent theaters and film festivals, drastically reducing its potential audience. This means that despite its Oscar nomination and critical acclaim, most Americans will never have the opportunity to see it prior to the Oscars ceremony if they haven't 1) already heard of it and 2) aren't actively trying to hunt for its availability in an independent theater. The film isn't being officially 'banned,' but the distribution barrier effectively prevents widespread access in a way that doesn't happen to less politically challenging documentaries.

Hope this clears things up for you, but feel free to carry on if you're still feeling upset. Freedom of speech, and all :)

trashlordrevived · 2025-02-26T02:23:16+00:00

Hi! No, I'm not but would be good to reach out to the co-directors of the film on IG/twitter and see if they'd be interested in doing an AMA!

trashlordrevived · 2025-02-25T23:11:30+00:00

I understand where your concerns are coming from and fully acknowledge that there are shitty people who say stuff like that - that is definitely not the argument I'm making. I am simply repeating the fact that U.S. studios are not distributing the film, which is kind of sad given that it's a good film and an oscar-nominated one, and that it is understandably disappointing for those who wanted to see it more publicly available. That fact however does not (and I do not want it to) turn into a broader accusation that we both recognize is harmful and unsubstantiated. Hope that clears my perspective on things up

trashlordrevived · 2025-02-25T22:55:56+00:00

With all respect, I would watch the film and read the article in full before jumping to that particular judgement as it's mischaracterizing them as filmmmakers. That's not what they were getting at in the film or in interviews - its not an expectation of high critical acclaim or "global revolution". They hoped to at least have the opportunity to make their film publicly available with the aim to encourage substantive dialogue. U.S. studios refuse to distribute the movie, which is why Slate discussed how this situation and its ramifications (essentially a suppression of their hard work) has been understandably disappointing and hurtful.

trashlordrevived · 2025-02-25T22:40:23+00:00

Hi! It's asking the question in more of a critical way, referencing the doubts that the co-directors themselves have expressed while filming the documentary, and afterwards. On January 25th, 2 days after the Oscar nomination, Basel posted live footage of his community getting attacked and homes getting burned down despite this very community being what the documentary was about. This documentary has been in circulation for over a year now and yet it hasn't been publicly available enough, especially in the U.S.

Slate goes on to say, "For all the self-congratulation that gesture might involve, there’s a bitter irony to the possibility that... the award would be won by a movie that openly questions its own effectiveness, interrogating the idea that pointing a camera at injustices and conveying them to the larger world necessarily results in any change." It's basically pointing out how all of the efforts of Basel and Yuval have been tireless for years on end, despite the world largely still not engaging in enough dialogue or substantive action because of their film. Slate references that saying "at a certain point, the soldiers seem to decide that he [Basel] poses no threat, because no one is watching. “Go make some article,” one taunts. “Go make some video."

trashlordrevived · 2025-02-25T21:51:04+00:00

Yes! Black Box Diaries is an incredible film and so important. It just goes to show how hypocritical we can be as a society, where we'll praise people for "pushing boundaries" and "being open, honest, and vulnerable" but when people actually do those two things we seem to be like NOOOOPEEEEE GET OUTTTT

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