The International Documentary Association and the independent cinema coalition Art House Convergence have released a joint statement condemning Miami Beach mayor Steven Meiner's attempts to terminate the lease of the O Cinema for its decision to screen the Oscar-winning documentary "No Other Land.

Miami Beach Mayor Steven Meiner is pushing to evict an independent theater from its city-owned space and cut its funding after it screened “No Other Land,” an Oscar-winning documentary about Palestinian displacement in the West Bank.

Meiner is introducing city legislation that seeks to terminate the lease agreement with the cinema, which rents space from the city.