Mark Ruffalo, Penélope Cruz, Alfonso Cuaron and More Than 500 Oscar Voters Criticize Academy for Not Supporting Hamdan Ballal: ‘It Is Indefensible’

More than 500 members of AMPAS, including actor Mark Ruffalo, director Ava DuVernay and Oscar-winning filmmaker Alfonso Cuarón, have signed an open letter condemning the Academy’s lack of public support for Palestinian filmmaker Hamdan Ballal following his recent detainment by Israeli authorities. The Academy released a statement Wednesday that condemned “harming artists” but failed to […]

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