Steve Newall: Flicks.co.nz editor on The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences apologising for not supporting Hamdan Ballal

from The Sunday Session with Francesca Rudkin · host Newstalk ZB

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has issued an apology after hundreds of its members criticised it for not supporting an Oscar winner who was recently detained by Israeli settlers.  Hamdan Ballal, one of the co-directors of Oscar-winning documentary No Other Land, was attacked and detained by the Israeli military. Flicks.co.nz editor Steve Newall says a number of high-profile members signed the rebuke, including Mark Ruffalo, Emma Thompson, Penélope Cruz and Javier Bardem. LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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