The best brass of the Academy of Arts and Cinema Sciences have apologized today for not having mentioned the Oscars No other land The co-director Hamdan Ballan or the film by name in his initial response to his attack and his detention of the West Bank or his detention.
The note of the CEO of the AMPAS, Bill Kramer, and President Janet Yang to members comes a few hours after the Council of Governors of the Academy held an urgent special meeting – as Deadline reported exclusively – to discuss the repercussions in the middle of the week to attack against No other land Hamdan Ballal co -director.
“On Wednesday, we sent a letter in response to reports of violence against the Oscar winner, Hamdan Ballal, co -director of No other landLinked to his artistic expression, “Kramer and Yang wrote to members today.” We regret not directly recognizing Mr. Ballal and the film by name. “”
They added: “We sincerely apologize to Mr. Ballal and all the artists who did not feel taken care of by our previous declaration and want to clearly indicate that the Academy condemns violence of this kind all over the world. We disturb the suppression of freedom of expression in all circumstances.”
The deadline intends that today’s AMPAS response was underway before today’s meeting of the AMPTS board of directors of 55 members.
Related: the co -director “ No other land ” Yuval Abraham Slams Oscar Academy Letter to the members following Hamdan Ballal Attack
On Wednesday, Kramer and Yang signed a letter sent to the members condemning “to harm or remove the artists for their work or their points of view”, but they did not specifically note the attack on Ballal.
No other land The co-assaanant Yuval Abraham saw this omission as a light in the Ballal, and he wrote that “Us Academy, who awarded us an Oscar three weeks ago, refused to publicly support Hamdan Ballal while he was beaten and tortured by Israeli soldiers and settlers.”
Abraham posted on X: “While Hamdan was clearly targeted to do No other land (He recalled that the soldiers joked about the Oscar when they tortured it), he was also targeted to be Palestinian – like countless others each day that are ignored. That, it seems, gave the academy an excuse to remain silent when a filmmaker whom they honored, living under the Israeli occupation, needed it most. It is not too late to change this position. Even now, the publication of a declaration condemning the attack on Hamdan and the Masafer Yatta community would send a significant message and would have a means of deterrence for the future. »»
Relatd: “no other land director,” said that “Us Academy refused to publicly support Hamdan Ballal” after attack and detention
