Still, O Cinema co-founders Vivian Marthell and Kareem Tabsch — who remained stoic during the entire proceedings — are relieved with the outcome.

The decision was met with praise from the leadership of O Cinema. The nonprofit's CEO, Vivian Marthell, embraced Meiner during a break in the meeting.

The mayor of Miami Beach, Florida, is backing off a proposal to terminate an independent theater's lease and financial support after it screened an Oscar-winning documentary about the conflict ...

Basel Adra, from left, Rachel Szor, Hamdan Ballal, and Yuval Abraham, winners of the award for best documentary feature film for "No Other Land," pose in the press room at the Oscars on Sunday ...

Miami Beach mayor Steven Meiner has withdrawn his call to end the lease of a movie theater that screened Oscar-winning documentary No Other Land.

The mayor said he penned a letter to O Cinema CEO Vivian Marthell expressing concern about the documentary being shown at a theater on government property that receives grant funding from Miami Beach.

Initially, we felt the future of our indie theater was threatened, and decided that we were not going to show the film. Vivian [Marthell, CEO of O Cinema] sent a letter to the mayor saying as much.

Meiner, who is Jewish, sent a letter to O Cinema CEO Vivian Marthell urging not to screen the film, calling it “a one-sided propaganda attack on the Jewish people.” ...