Gateway screens controversial "No Other Land"

State of play: Nonprofit independent theater Gateway Film Center hosted Columbus' only pre-Academy Awards screenings of the movie and has shown it continuously since early February.

Friction point: The film has become a microcosm of the global debate over the conflict it documents, drawing both criticism and acclaim.

• In Miami Beach, O Cinema was threatened with eviction for screening the documentary. The city's mayor also proposed pulling local grants for showing the "one-sided propaganda attack on the Jewish people."

Between the lines: Gateway president and CEO Chris Hamel tells Axios screening the film is "very important" to the theater's mission and highlights the importance of independent cinema in Columbus.

• Hamel says he has heard nothing but "messages of gratitude and positivity" from local audiences.

What they're saying: Hamel offers "full-throated support of the great people at O Cinema," a fellow nonprofit and independent theater.

• "The type of censorship they are experiencing, for an Academy Award-winning film, is surprising and disappointing. I hope the people in Miami come out to support this great venue and the fine people who are running it."

🍿 If you go: Visit the Gateway Film Center website for showtimes.

Editor's note: This story was corrected to reflect that the Gateway Film Center's was the only pre-Academy Awards screening of "No Other Land" held in Columbus (not in all of Ohio).