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Mayor
Directed by
David Osit
2020
90m
Documentary
7.5
100%
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A look at the life of Musa Hadid, the charismatic mayor of Palestinian city Ramallah, who aspires to lead the city into the future.
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Cast of Mayor
Musa Hadid
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Mayor Reviews
indieWire
Eric Kohn
"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.
Baltimore Magazine
Max Weiss
Like so many of the best documentaries, David Osit's Mayor feels like a work of fiction.
AV Club
Ignatiy Vishnevetsky
After more than an hour of modest documentary observation, the film suddenly becomes a thriller, with Osit, Hadid, and others holed up in the mayor's office as Israeli soldiers occupy the city center.
RogerEbert.com
Carlos Aguilar
[An] astutely potent and structurally dynamic doc.
Washington Post
Ann Hornaday
Luckily, Osit knew precisely what to do with the extraordinary material he captured.
Austin Chronicle
Richard Whittaker
While understated and deeply personal, Mayor cannot avoid the current conflagration in the region.
New York Times
Ben Kenigsberg
A disarming subject, Hadid comes across as a cleareyed, forthright leader. But "Mayor" also stands out because Osit has thought it through in cinematic terms...
Los Angeles Times
Gary Goldstein
More background on Hadid's earlier life and political ascendance would have also been welcome. Still, "Mayor" proves a unique, involving and edifying experience.
Variety
Tomris Laffly
It's an acutely observed you-are-there procedural about a modern metropolis that dares to exist, even thrive amid the enduring repercussions of 1967's Six-Day War, when Israel occupied the region.
Hollywood Reporter
Jordan Mintzer
Engrossing...
Mark Reviews Movies
Mark Dujsik
[W]hile it's vaguely amusing to see Hadid's narrow focus amidst the rising turmoil, there's a tragic impotence behind all of this.
FilmWeek (KPCC - NPR Los Angeles)
Wade Major
A nice little microcosmic example of something that is happening in a larger conflict, but it does not necessarily contribute toward our understanding of the broader conflict.
48 Hills
Dennis Harvey
Easily one of the best documentaries of the year, Mayor straddles political commentary, verite reportage, poetry and absurdism with considerable aplomb.
Hammer to Nail
Christopher Llewellyn Reed
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.
The Playlist
Chris Barsanti
A purposeful push-back against the cliches of Israel-Palestinian conflict coverage.
Asheville Movies
Edwin Arnaudin
An inspiring tale of maintaining dignity in the face of overwhelming odds - and a pretty decent Christmas movie.
San Francisco Examiner
Anita Katz
As Osit shows Hadid working to make Ramallah a place its people can take pride in, the mayor becomes an extraordinary documentary subject and we want to thank Osit for introducing us to Hadid and taking us inside his city.
Reeling Reviews
Laura Clifford
Director David Osit embeds himself with a city mayor whose profile will hopefully rise monumentally after his documentary is released. Hadid is a wonderful subject, a humble, humorous, hard-working family man dedicated to his city and his people.
Jaredmobarak.com
Jared Mobarak
The conversation has been lethally skewed [to] inherently position Arabs as stubborn aggressors. It's Mayor is crucially important as an irrefutable document to the contrary.
The Film Experience
Glenn Dunks
Those keen for a bone-dry office comedy as much as a fraught political observational documentary should heed Mayor.
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