Closeness to the Land
2022, English. Directed by Mona Gazala.
In 2020, just as the pandemic was beginning, Gazala purchased land in western Ohio, on which sits a disused school building. This site allowed her to explore her complex relationship with “the land.” As the daughter of displaced indigenous Palestinians, she attempts to form a proxy bond with the earth, on ground that was stolen from the displaced indigenous Shawnee people. Closeness to the Land is video footage of hand-painted text signs that translate the word الأرض (ard) into six English words, displayed performatively in multiple locations to capture the now-invisible nature of indigenous culture in Ohio. These signs were installed on the old schoolhouse in early 2021.
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- 21 May 2022
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Closeness to the Land isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 21 May 2022. (Checked 13 November 2026.)
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If you liked Closeness to the Land, try Baraka, Louis Theroux: The Settlers, In the Realms of the Unreal.
Who directed Closeness to the Land?
Closeness to the Land (2022) was directed by Mona Gazala.