The Michigan premiere of Who Killed Alex Odeh? will be at the Arab American National Museum on Thursday, August 6th. Film starts at 7 pm. Make sure to get tickets beforehand. I hope to see you there!
William Lafi Youmans
@willyou.bsky.social
Professor and filmmaker. Wrote 'An Unlikely Audience: Al Jazeera's Struggle in America.' #footie #afc
After its California premiere last week at the San Francisco Jewish Film Festival, WHO KILLED ALEX ODEH? Will have its Michigan premiere at the @arabamericanmuseum.org.web.brid.gy in Dearborn on August 6th!
Got to it late but this season of @sceneonradio.bsky.social is a great crash course on why our news media is the way it is, and how it could be. Plus it features brilliant friends & colleagues @chenjerai.bsky.social, @victorpickard.bsky.social, @dannagal.bsky.social, @willyou.bsky.social and more!
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Welcome to Season 8: The News. This 8-part series explores the deep challenges facing American journalism, and the nation’s news and information crisis. It seems everyone’s mad at the media,
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I am pleased to announce that Who Killed Alex Odeh? will be screening at the 46th San Francisco Jewish Film Festival! If you will be in the Bay Area on July 22, 2026, make sure to catch the film's showing. For tickets or more information, please check SFJFF's website.
Secure your ticket to the DC premiere! Winner of the Sundance Film Festival's Special Jury Award for Journalistic Excellence. "a riveting murder mystery" -Sean Means, The Movie Cricket "diligently pull together the threads of a complex case -Allan Hunter, Screen Daily
My new essay on how the seeds of US fascism were planted in immigration law and enforcement practices under the guise of counter-terrorism. www.publicbooks.org/fascisms-bui...
Fascism’s Building Blocks: 30 Years of Secret Evidence - Public Books
“Immigration law is a zone of exception where many American constitutional standards, the supposed safeguards against government abuse, simply do not extend.”
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My new essay on how the seeds of US fascism were planted in immigration law and enforcement practices under the guise of counter-terrorism. www.publicbooks.org/fascisms-bui...
Fascism’s Building Blocks: 30 Years of Secret Evidence - Public Books
“Immigration law is a zone of exception where many American constitutional standards, the supposed safeguards against government abuse, simply do not extend.”
publicbooks.org
I’m elated to announce WHO KILLED ALEX ODEH? is an official selection for the esteemed DC/DOX film festival! Tickets for the DC screening of the award-winning documentary on June 14 are now on sale. visit dcdoxfest2026.eventive.org/schedule/69f... #dcdoxfest26 #justiceforalexodeh
Who Killed Alex Odeh? Is screening tomorrow in Chicago! It won a jury award at Sundance in January. You don’t want to miss it. Tickets: www.palestinefilmfest.com/schedule/who...
ENCORE: WHO KILLED ALEX ODEH? — Chicago Palestine Film Festival
BUY TICKETS The assassination of a beloved Palestinian American activist in Southern California ignites a 40-year quest for justice, revealing the roots of a dangerous political movement that thrive...
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It is with great honor that we share this news! Our documentary film Who Killed Alex Odeh? has been selected for the Millennium Docs Against Gravity film festival to be screened in the special section, All Eyes on Palestine. The festival is spread over 7 cities in Poland May 8-17.
Born into slavery, Gustav Badin became part of Swedish royal court and left legacy of books and letters. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...
Israel is trying to provoke a civil war in Lebanon by slaughtering citizens, ethnically cleansing the south and attacking the state and UN. The global community needs to act decisively and militarily against Israel immediately, as it did against Saddam Hussein in Kuwait and Milisevic in Bosnia.
The US government, media and universities owe apologies to the students who protested for ceasefire in 2024. Had the call of their encampments been heeded, we very likely wouldn’t be in the current predicament. In any case, they were right.
An important write-up of our documentary is out. Though I do not agree with many aspects of this review of Who Killed Alex Odeh? from Variety, it is at least thoughtful. variety.com/2026/film/re...
‘Who Killed Alex Odeh?’ Review: A Modest True Crime Doc Where the Answers Are Out in the Open
The exposé of a Palestinian activist’s murder in 'Who Killed Alex Odeh?' may lack novel spark, but its directness is not without purpose.
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It’s an honor to have your film described as “fascinating.” Screen International’s review of Who Killed Alex Odeh? says we “diligently pull together the threads of a complex case in which one incident opens a window on to a wider picture of Arab-Israeli relations.” That is a perfect description!
Für Berliner vielleicht von Interesse: Der Dokumentarfilm meines Kollegen William Youmans über den Mordanschlag auf den palästinensisch-amerikanischen Aktivisten Alex Odeh hat seine Europapremiere auf der #Berlinale2026. Sehr empfehlenswert!
William Lafi Youmans@willyou.bsky.social · 7mo agoOur documentary — Who Killed Alex Odeh? — made the top 20 most anticipated documentaries of 2026 by Nonfics. It will premiere at Sundance on January 26. Tickets go on sale January 14. #justiceforalexey
Moulton: "When we had briefings on Venezuela, we asked, 'Are you going to invade the country?' We were told no. 'Do you plan to put troops on the ground?' We were told no. 'Do you intend regime change in VZ?' We were told no. So in a sense, we have been briefed, we've just been completely lied to"
And Panama. They’re doing the Noriega playbook.
Tressie McMillan Cottom@tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 7mo agoI am struggling with what might be a generational experience. The gulf war was pretty politically formative for me. It’s not history so much as memory this time. It is destabilizing to see almost the exact same gameplan but this time without the guardrails that at the time I took for granted.
Our documentary — Who Killed Alex Odeh? — made the top 20 most anticipated documentaries of 2026 by Nonfics. It will premiere at Sundance on January 26. Tickets go on sale January 14. #justiceforalexey
I wrote this essay for the anniversary of Alex Odeh’s still unsolved murder. I tried to focus more on Alex the person and his legacy for the community than the frustrating story of a failed investigation, which I will write about elsewhere. mondoweiss.net/2025/10/40-y...
40 years after Jewish extremists murdered a Palestinian activist in California, no one has been held accountable
On October 11, 1985, Palestinian-American Alex Odeh was killed when a bomb destroyed his office. Despite suspicions that Jewish Defense League members carried out the attack, no charges have ever been...
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That time when Golda Meir was going to civilize the whole continent of Africa with Israel’s “hard-won expertise.”
I wrote this essay for the anniversary of Alex Odeh’s still unsolved murder. I tried to focus more on Alex the person and his legacy for the community than the frustrating story of a failed investigation, which I will write about elsewhere. mondoweiss.net/2025/10/40-y...
40 years after Jewish extremists murdered a Palestinian activist in California, no one has been held accountable
On October 11, 1985, Palestinian-American Alex Odeh was killed when a bomb destroyed his office. Despite suspicions that Jewish Defense League members carried out the attack, no charges have ever been...
mondoweiss.net
In July 2024, Israel waited until Ismail Haniyeh *left* Qatar to visit Tehran before assassinating him. Now it's just full-on bombing Qatar. If the US had granted visas to PLO leaders to attend the UN meeting this month, I'd be very scared about Mossad operations in Manhattan.
Today, Prism is publishing a monthslong investigation by @laubast.bsky.social in partnership with Visualizing Palestine, that takes a deep dive into the experiences of repression that Palestinian, Arab, & Muslim journalists face in the U.S. while attempting to cover the genocide.
My contribution to the Palestinian feminist publication Scene48’s new bulletin is about Alex Odeh’s statue in California in the context of Palestinian memorials, or ‘Memorializations from Below.’ scene48.org/en/articles/...
Memorials of Resistance: Alex Odeh and Beyond
Alex Odeh’s statue and student protests highlight Palestinian resilience, reclaiming memory and identity amid ongoing efforts to erase their history.
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Curtis Sliwa from the Guardian Angels and current Republican candidate for mayor of New York appeared on Morton Downey Jr. in 1989 to confront a Jewish militant. He had with him an Arab American wearing a keffiyeh who supported the intifada.
DC protest against the Trump takeover. They will meet in DuPont at 2 pm Saturday and march to the White House.
