Netflix has denied suggestions that it deleted an entire library of Palestinian films, saying the titles are being removed because a three-year licensing period expires in October.
“We launched this licensed collection of films in 2021 for three years. Those licenses have now expired. As always, we continue to invest in a wide variety of quality films and TV shows to meet our members’ needs, and celebrate voices from around the world,” said the platform in response to a query by Deadline.
San Francisco-based human rights organization Freedom Forward has been circulating an open letter and petition calling on Netflix to explain why it had started posting “leaving soon” notifications on at least 19 films by or about Palestinians in recent days.
The films, which were licensed to the platform by Dubai-based Front Row Filmed Entertainment, include Elia Suleiman’s Divine Intervention (2002), Annemarie Jacir’s Salt of this Sea (2008) and Mai Masri...
“We launched this licensed collection of films in 2021 for three years. Those licenses have now expired. As always, we continue to invest in a wide variety of quality films and TV shows to meet our members’ needs, and celebrate voices from around the world,” said the platform in response to a query by Deadline.
San Francisco-based human rights organization Freedom Forward has been circulating an open letter and petition calling on Netflix to explain why it had started posting “leaving soon” notifications on at least 19 films by or about Palestinians in recent days.
The films, which were licensed to the platform by Dubai-based Front Row Filmed Entertainment, include Elia Suleiman’s Divine Intervention (2002), Annemarie Jacir’s Salt of this Sea (2008) and Mai Masri...
- 10/25/2024
- by Melanie Goodfellow
- Deadline Film + TV
by Hadri Shah
The first thing I did after watching “3000 Nights” was to Google the name of the film's lead actress. Her name? Maisa Abd El Hadi. She's my contemporary, hailing from Palestine, born in Nazareth. Besides “3000 Nights,” Maisa has graced other films like “The Angel” and “The Reports Between Sarah & Saleem.” As for other details—whether she's Muslim, why she doesn't wear a hijab, her marital status, or political views—I suggest you find out for yourself.
Maisa El Hadi, with her wavy black hair, takes centre stage in the film that premiered on September 12, 2015—the same date as my birthday. She portrays Layal, a schoolteacher who is found guilty of hiding a Palestinian teenage boy accused of a fatal attack at an Israeli military checkpoint. Despite her husband's plea to testify falsely in court, Layal denies that the teenager ever threatened her.
The judge's verdict? Layal...
The first thing I did after watching “3000 Nights” was to Google the name of the film's lead actress. Her name? Maisa Abd El Hadi. She's my contemporary, hailing from Palestine, born in Nazareth. Besides “3000 Nights,” Maisa has graced other films like “The Angel” and “The Reports Between Sarah & Saleem.” As for other details—whether she's Muslim, why she doesn't wear a hijab, her marital status, or political views—I suggest you find out for yourself.
Maisa El Hadi, with her wavy black hair, takes centre stage in the film that premiered on September 12, 2015—the same date as my birthday. She portrays Layal, a schoolteacher who is found guilty of hiding a Palestinian teenage boy accused of a fatal attack at an Israeli military checkpoint. Despite her husband's plea to testify falsely in court, Layal denies that the teenager ever threatened her.
The judge's verdict? Layal...
- 6/25/2024
- by Guest Writer
- AsianMoviePulse
Jordan has submitted Amjad Al-Rasheed’s female inheritance rights drama Inshallah A Boy for Best International Feature Film at the 96th Academy Awards.
The picture made history earlier this year when it became the first Jordanian feature film to premiere in Cannes, when it was selected for parallel section Cannes Critics’ Week.
It won the Gan Foundation Award for Distribution, putting $21,000 towards distribution costs in France.
Greenwich Entertainment acquired U.S. distribution rights to the film ahead of its North American premiere at TIFF earlier this month.
The Amman-set drama stars Muna Hawa as a newly widowed young woman, who is in danger of losing the home that she helped pay for with her late husband due to Jordan’s anachronistic inheritance laws.
In the face of pressure from her in-laws and with little support from her the wealthy household where she works as a carer for the ageing grandmother,...
The picture made history earlier this year when it became the first Jordanian feature film to premiere in Cannes, when it was selected for parallel section Cannes Critics’ Week.
It won the Gan Foundation Award for Distribution, putting $21,000 towards distribution costs in France.
Greenwich Entertainment acquired U.S. distribution rights to the film ahead of its North American premiere at TIFF earlier this month.
The Amman-set drama stars Muna Hawa as a newly widowed young woman, who is in danger of losing the home that she helped pay for with her late husband due to Jordan’s anachronistic inheritance laws.
In the face of pressure from her in-laws and with little support from her the wealthy household where she works as a carer for the ageing grandmother,...
- 9/28/2023
- by Melanie Goodfellow
- Deadline Film + TV
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