Miami Beach Mayor Steven Meiner on Wednesday withdrew a controversial proposal to evict O Cinema from a city-owned building for screening an Oscar-winning documentary about the West Bank.

Meiner has made international headlines, many of them negative, by objecting to "No Other Land" being shown at O Cinema, located inside Miami Beach's Old City Hall. The mayor said he penned a ...

Miami Beach ... of Miami Beach, and Greater Miami as a whole, who deserve to have access to a diverse range of films and perspectives,” they wrote in an open letter to the city.

UPDATE: On March 19, 2025, Mayor Steven Meiner dropped the proposal to evict O Cinema from the Miami Beach Historic City Hall, according to the Miami Herald. For more information, click here.

The O Cinema in South Beach is airing the film at its theatre in the Old Miami Beach City Hall, leased from the city. But they could be booted out and cut off from city grants. Mayor Steven Meiner ...

The city of Miami Beach's mayor threatened to evict a non-profit cinema after it showed the Oscar-winning documentary "No Other Land." "Recently, O Cinema screened the Oscar-winning documentary ...