Miami Beach Mayor Steven Meiner is defending his push to punish a local cinema using a city-owned building that screened an anti-Israel documentary.

The mayor’s effort to terminate O Cinema’s lease drew a wave of backlash, including dozens of speakers who attended the meeting to support the theater.

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

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,” stating that the “film is a ...

Miami Beach Mayor Steven Meiner withdrew a decision to terminate O Cinema's lease and revoke funding at a commission meeting Wednesday.

This summary is reviewed by TRD Staff. Miami Beach Mayor Steven Meiner attempted to evict O Cinema, a nonprofit art house, due to its screening of the documentary "No Other Land" about the Gaza War.

The mayor of Miami Beach withdrew a resolution to terminate the lease and funding from a local theater after it showed the Oscar-winning documentary about the West Bank.

but Miami Beach Mayor Steven Meiner believes the film is potentially dangerous anti-Israel propaganda. "When there's propaganda, it often ends in violence and murder. So, we have to take that ...

Miami Beach, Florida, Mayor Steven Meiner on Wednesday withdrew a controversial proposal to shutter a local movie theater that screened an Oscar-winning documentary about the war between Israel ...

Miami Beach Mayor Steven Meiner has withdrawn his proposed plan to evict O Cinema from its publicly owned building over the theater’s decision to screen the Oscar-winning documentary “No Other Land.” ...