The film tells the story of Palestinian activists fighting to protect their communities from demolition by the Israeli military.

The documentary follows activist Basel Adra and journalist Yuval Abraham and their coverage of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

The 2025 Academy Award for Documentary Feature Film was handed over to No Other Land, a political record keeping — and personal account — of the occupation and destruction of the West Bank village Masafer Yatta by Israeli Occupation Forces.

Palestinian documentary about forced displacement in the West Bank said U.S. distributors’ reluctance is “completely political.”

The Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel announced it opposes the film on 'anti-normalization' grounds.

There’s been a lot of buzz over No Other Land following its 2025 Oscars win for Best Documentary Feature Film. It has also earned a 100% rating on Rotten Tomatoes, which you don’t see every day. The documentary has garnered attention and accolades for its depiction of the destruction of the occupied West Bank’s Masafer Yatta by Israeli soldiers.

When No Other Land won this year’s Academy Award for best documentary feature, corporate media outlets didn’t exactly roll out the red carpet. The film captures Palestinians’ struggle to survive in the occupied West Bank,

It is the rare Oscar winner that has yet to be picked up by a distributor. The screening is presented by Cinema Detroit, which has been working as a pop-up since closing its Midtown location in 2023.