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WINNER
ONE OF THE BEST MOVIES OF 2020 ACCORDING TO
NEW YORK TIMES - CRITIC'S PICK
INDIEWIRE THE BOSTON GLOBE VULTURE PASTE
ROGER EBERT.COM VOX HAMMER TO NAIL
48HILLS THE FILM STAGE THE PLAYLIST POLYGON
SELECT REVIEWS
“THE BEST NEW FILM ABOUT THE ISRAEL-PALESTINIAN CONFLICT is a dark comedy about Ramallah’s Mayor... offers a striking new perspective on that struggle, with a personal on-the-ground quality matched by grand tonal ambitions that makes it the best of its subgenre." CRITICS PICK. Indiewire
EXTRAORDINARY. Infuriating and heartbreaking. [Mayor is] about the power of storytelling, for better or worse. Washington Post
“IMPRESSIVE. ENGROSSING. MAYOR is a study in politics both micro and macro, showing what happens when the two come fatefully crashing together.” Hollywood Reporter
“ASTONISHING. Gripping and surprisingly witty... Osit brings a respectful approach that admirably never registers as observations of a patronizing Westerner. Variety
"RIVETING. David Osit’s sensitive documentary is a captivating, enlightening, and ultimately terrifying look at how to survive day by day when the fight for liberation can seem everlasting." FilmStage
"OSIT ELEGANTLY ASSEMBLES A PORTRAIT of leadership—confident, caring and above all committed to the people—that feels genuinely alien to the American experience today." Paste
"ASTUTELY POTENT and structurally dynamic. Elucidates the geopolitics of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict with humanistic immediacy." RogerEbert.com
"MAYOR IS AN ASTOUNDING AND ENTHRALLING film... filled with a delicate blend of dark humour and unflinching honesty." Cinema Axis
"THOUGHTFUL AND GRIPPING... There are whiffs of Veep-like humor throughout MAYOR… but it’s also a sincere tale of a public servant who’s seeking to lead in a world that’s stacked against him. VOX
"Osit is not out to tear down the Israeli state; he is here to make an observational documentary that humanizes a population all too often dehumanized." Hammer to Nail
SUBTLY ELECTRIFYING... DEEPLY AFFECTING. A movie full of vitalising, delicate observations." Sight & Sound
"If you live in America, you probably haven't seen Palestine quite like this before." CINEMA76
"BRILLIANT. Like a lost season of "Veep"... amuses and devastates in equal measure.” Movable Fest
"Offers more absurd moments than Samuel Beckett could have ever worked up." Universal Cinema
"MAYOR IS ESSENTIAL VIEWING about the lines between small and grand acts of resistance." Seventh Row
SELECT INTERVIEWS AND COVERAGE
"Palestine May Be The Last Bastion of American Ignorance: David Osit on Mayor". Filmmaker Magazine
Horrifying Mundanity - An Interview with David Osit. New York Review of Books
An Interview with Mayor Musa Hadid. CNN
Will Goes To The Mayor. Chapo Trap House
A City Without A Country. Jewish Currents
MAYOR Shows the West Bank As We Rarely See It. Los Angeles Times.
Meet The Mayor Next Door. Tel Aviv Review
Life In Ramallah with David Osit. Historic.ly
How Do You Run A City With No Country? Ramallah Mayor Has An Answer. Ha'aretz.
US filmmaker David Osit discusses his new, atypical, documentary about Ramallah’s Musa Hadid. Arab News