Who Killed Alex Odeh?
Directed by Jason Osder, William Lafi Youmans
In October 1985, Santa Ana, California was shaken by a brazen act of political violence when Palestinian American Alex Odeh, a beloved teacher and community leader, was killed by a tripwire bomb planted in his office. Despite substantial evidence and identified suspects, the case was never solved. Who Killed Alex Odeh? reopens the mystery, tracking a renewed investigation in real time as new leads emerge,… From TMDB
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58 of 58 · most liked firstSaw the new documentary Who Killed Alex Odeh? tonight at the Philly Film Festival. Excellent doc that shows how today’s rabid ultranationalism in Israel is a descendant of the Kahanist movement responsible for terror attacks here in the US. www.whokilledalexodeh.com/screenings
positive · AI labelView post →Who Killed Alex Odeh? One of the most significant unsolved political assassinations in modern American history. October 1985 bombing in Santa Ana, Calif. Hint: Think Kahanists i.e., the JDL. NYC screenings at the Quad Cinema: Fri October 30, Sat October 31, Sat October 31 www.whokilledalexodeh.com
neutral · AI labelView post →Alex Odeh was killed for speaking out for Palestinian freedom and against anti-Arab racism. His message survived him. He deserves justice. Watch "Who Killed Alex Odeh?" and find a screening near you through @watermelonpictures.bsky.social
neutral · AI labelView post →Just watched the trailer for Who Killed Alex Odeh. Unbelievable. If you don't know the story it's about a Palestinian American assassinated in the US, most likely by members of the Jewish Defence League- who fled to Israel, potentially with US complicity deadline.com/2026/08/who-...
neutral · AI labelView post →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
neutral · AI labelView post →JOYBUBBLES was the major highlight of this dispatch. I also wrote about SOUL PATROL and WHO KILLED ALEX ODEH.
neutral · AI labelView post →Now, the Sundance award-winning documentary "Who Killed Alex Odeh?" investigates why no one was ever held accountable—and uncovers new information about the Israeli government’s role in obstructing efforts to bring Odeh’s killers to justice.
neutral · AI labelView post →‘Who Killed Alex Odeh?’ Trailer: True Crime Meets Geopolitics In Story Stretching From Southern California To Israel. Trailer: https://youtu.be/NHt55w3k_TM
neutral · AI labelView post →The official trailer for Who Killed Alex Odeh?, winner of the 2026 Sundance U.S. Documentary Special Jury Award for Journalistic Excellence. Limited theatrical release in NYC and LA October 30; wider streaming release later this fall. youtu.be/NHt55w3k_TM?...
neutral · AI labelView post →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!
positive · AI labelView post →At the 2026 Sundance Film Festival, where the film "Who Killed Alex Odeh?" was awarded the jury prize for journalistic excellence, the film's lead investigator David Sheen explains why he decided to track down the terrorists who killed the Palestinian-American activist youtu.be/A2OfYsG_SjA?...
neutral · AI labelView post →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.
neutral · AI labelView post →I'm proud to announce that my documentary film, 'Who Killed Alex Odeh?.' received a $6000 grant from the Palestine Foundation (https://palestinefoundation.org). This grant puts us well past halfway to our goal for the crucial editing phase. To donate to the film: https://gofund.me/8eca524d
neutral · AI labelView post →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!
neutral · AI labelView post →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!
neutral · AI labelView post →Can heartily recommend The Lake, One in a Million, Night Nurse, Who Killed Alex Odeh?, Barbara Forever, Time and Water, Nuisance Bear, Kikuyu Land, and Jaripeo.
positive · AI labelView post →We’re proud to be premiering two titles at the 76th Berlinale: 🎬 WHO KILLED ALEX ODEH? (International Premiere) 🎬 THE STORY OF DOCUMENTARY FILM (European Premiere - Episode 1 | World Premiere Episodes 2–4)
neutral · AI labelView post →Great news: ‘Who Killed Alex Odeh?’ has been announced as a Finalist in the Fall 2023 ScreenCraft Film Fund competition. There were almost 1,100 submissions! We’re still looking for support to get to the film’s finishing stages. To give: gofund.me/c41cb7be
neutral · AI labelView post →Watch the trailer for “Who Killed Alex Odeh?” from directors Jason Osder and William Lafi Youmans, winner of the U.S. Documentary Special Jury Award for Journalistic Excellence at the 2026 Sundance Film Festival. In select theaters October 30 via @watermelonpictures.bsky.social.
neutral · AI labelView post →I reviewed five #PFF35 documentaries: THE LAST CRITIC, WHEN A WITNESS RECANTS, FIRST THEY CAME FOR MY COLLEGE, WHO KILLED ALEX ODEH?, and NUISANCE BEAR stephensilver.substack.com/p/documentar...
neutral · AI labelView post →The wait is over. The trailer for WHO KILLED ALEX ODEH? is finally here. Layered, revealing, and deeply consequential, this documentary challenges audiences to confront uncomfortable truths about the geopolitics of impunity. deadline.com/2026/08/who-...
neutral · AI labelView post →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...
neutral · AI labelView post →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...
neutral · AI labelView post →‘Who Killed Alex Odeh?’ Review: A Modest True Crime Doc Where the Answers Are Out in the Open #Berlinale2026 variety.com/2026/film/re...
neutral · AI labelView post →#Sundance US Documentary Special Jury Award for Journalistic Excellence goes to Who Killed Alex Odeh? "It's not just a journalistic process, it's a historic one,” says co-director William Lafi Youmans
neutral · AI labelView post →Congratulations to the four IDA grantees premiering at 2026 @sundance.org - ‘Aanikoobijigan [ancestor/great-grandparent/great-grandchild],’ ‘To Hold A Mountain,’ ‘Birds of War,’ and ‘Who Killed Alex Odeh?.’ Check the screening times and get your tickets. festival.sundance.org/program/films/
neutral · AI labelView post →I’m surprised and encouraged by this award from @adc. It shows how much the community and family are invested in our film, WHO KILLED ALEX ODEH? Alex's story is being told in film form for the first time. TO DONATE: www.gofundme.com/f/finishing-...
neutral · AI labelView post →WHO KILLED ALEX ODEH? comes out in theaters this weekend in New York, Chicago and Los Angeles. Secure your tickets now! WATERMELON.PICS/WKAO Follow the link to see release dates for even more cities.
neutral · AI labelView post →I found WHO KILLED ALEX ODEH? extremely frustrating, a documentary whose unnecessary True Crime framework obscures a genuinely important throughline about how the U.S. upheld far-right expansion that would eventually escalate to genocide. For In Review Online: inreviewonline.com/2026/10/29/w...
negative · AI labelView post →WHO KILLED ALEX ODEH? (2026) opens in theaters in NYC and LA October 30th.
neutral · AI labelView post →In October 1985, the assassination of Palestinian American activist Alex Odeh shocked a Southern California community. #filmsky Who Killed Alex Odeh? follows that unresolved case as directors Jason Osder and William Lafi Youmans investigate the murder of Odeh. More: vimooz.me/88stiv
neutral · AI labelView post →Minnesota! In late September, Who Killed Alex Odeh? will be screening at the 20th Twin Cities Arab Film Festival, hosted by Mizna and MSP Film Society. WHEN: Friday, Sept 25, 2026 at 1 pm WHERE: The Main Cinema TICKETS + PASSES: tcaff26.eventive.org #tcaff26 #tcaff
neutral · AI labelView post →The DC/DOX film is this weekend, and in my preview for @wcp.bsky.social, I cover 10 different films you could see across five different nonfiction subgenres. Highlights include The Last First, a mountain climbing doc, and geopolitical true crime thriller Who Killed Alex Odeh.
neutral · AI labelView post →WHO KILLED ALEX ODEH?'s DC premiere on June 14th at 145 pm at Regal Cinemas (701 7th St NW, Washington, DC 20001) dcdoxfest2026.eventive.org/schedule/69f...
neutral · AI labelView post →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
neutral · AI labelView post →"Will Youmans: "Who Killed Alex Odeh? - documentary has been selected for the incredible Chicago Palestine Film Festival in April. If you are in Chicago or attending, our film screens at 6 pm on April 18. You can purchase tickets at: www.siskelfilmcenter.org/who-killed-a...
neutral · AI labelView post →‘Who Killed Alex Odeh?’ Review: A Modest True Crime Doc Where the Answers Are Out in the Open A film of deceptive simplicity, Jason Osder and William Lafi Youmans’s investigative documentary “Who Killed Alex Odeh?” often struggles against its own straightforward style, but in the proc… #media #news
neutral · AI labelView post →#Sundance2026 Day 5 capsule reviews by me and @vjmfilms.bsky.social: GAIL DAUGHTRY AND THE CELEBRITY SEX PASS; RUN AMOK; TAKE ME HOME; GHOST IN THE MACHINE; FRANK & LOUIS; HOW TO DIVORCE DURING THE WAR; JOYBUBBLES; WHO KILLED ALEX ODEH?; SENTIENT. www.cityweekly.net/film/sundanc...
neutral · AI labelView post →Sundance 2026: Joybubbles, Soul Patrol, Who Killed Alex Odeh? - by Robert Daniels www.rogerebert.com/festivals/su...
neutral · AI labelView post →Time for my first in-person screening of #Sundance2026. Now seated for WHO KILLED ALEX ODEH?
neutral · AI labelView post →#Sundance2026 Day 1 Plan: ❓️ Who Killed Alex Odeh? 🪓 How to Divorce During the War ⚠️ Hanging by a Wire
neutral · AI labelView post →🎬 WHO KILLED ALEX ODEH? From Jason Osder, William Lafi Youmans & @watermelonpictures.bsky.social this powerful film investigates the tragic murder of Palestinian-American civil rights activist Alex Odeh, and the unanswered questions that remain.
neutral · AI labelView post →WHO KILLED ALEX ODEH? 2 American doc directors Jason Osder (Jewish) & William Lafi Youmans (Palestinian) track the heat behind a 1985 cold case that's more relevant than ever 10/30 @QuadCinema w/Q&As, Chicago, LA, more cities VOD 11/24 @watermelon_pics www.watermelonpictures.com/films/who-ki...
neutral · AI labelView post →WHO KILLED ALEX ODEH? (2026) This documentary investigates the murder of a director of the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee by a bombing in California by members of the Jewish Defense League, who were never brought to justice. #365Movies 419 #PFF35
neutral · AI labelView post →More than that, Who Killed Alex Odeh by Watermelon pictures demonstrates what TRUE allyship between Israelis and Palestinians may look like--- striving and cooperating for peace, for truth, for justice.
positive · AI labelView post →Saw the "Who Killed Alex Odeh?" documentary at the Newport Beach Film Festival. Very powerful.
positive · AI labelView post →Remembering him demands more than a tribute. It demands justice. His words endure. His killers remain unaccountable. We must not let his name disappear. Who Killed Alex Odeh? — Film and trailer www.watermelonpictures.com/.../who-kill....
neutral · AI labelView post →WHO KILLED ALEX ODEH? is listed in the New York Times fall preview. It will be released in New York and SoCal theaters October 30. Spread the word to friends who live in those areas!
neutral · AI labelView post →"Who Killed Alex Odeh?": www.youtube.com/watch?v=NHt5...
neutral · AI labelView post →Our documentary ‘Who Killed Alex Odeh?’ is coming to Toronto as part of the city's prestigious Palestine Film Festival, which has put together a stellar line-up of titles. It will screen on Sunday, October 4, 2026, from 1:00 PM to 3:00 PM at the TIFF Lightbox, Cinema 1. Tickets: tinyurl.com/WKAOTPFF
neutral · AI labelView post →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.
neutral · AI labelView post →Filmmakers Jason Osder, Will Youmans and Alex Odeh’s daughter Helena Odeh speaking on the documentary Who Killed Alex Odeh for the 25th Chicago Palestine Film Festival.
neutral · AI labelView post →‘Who Killed Alex Odeh?’ Review: A Modest True Crime Doc Where the Answers Are Out in the Open https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://variety.com/2026/film/reviews/who-killed-alex-odeh-review-1236664721/
neutral · AI labelView post →U.S. Documentary Special Jury Award for Journalistic Excellence, WHO KILLED ALEX ODEH? explores the history of racism that lets killers walk freely and denies a community justice. #Sundance povmagazine.com/who-killed-a...
neutral · AI labelView post →U.S. Documentary competition, Special Jury Prize for Journalistic Excellence: “Who Killed Alex Odeh?”, a murder-mystery of a Palestinian advocate killed in 1985 in Southern California. #Sundance2026Awards
neutral · AI labelView post →The 1985 assassination of a Palestinian American activist triggers a deeper exploration of a history of racism in WHO KILLED ALEX ODEH? #Sundance2026 povmagazine.com/who-killed-a...
neutral · AI labelView post →WHO KILLED ALEX ODEH? is a fascinating investigatory documentary about the decades old cold case. Equal parts frustrating & revealing, this features plenty of archival footage as well as modern investigation to explore the expansive issues that led to & sprang from the central murder. #Sundance2026
positive · AI labelView post →ADC invites you to a special advance screening of the documentary 'Who Killed Alex Odeh?' Date: Friday, October 10th @ 6:30pm @ Starlight Triangle Cinemas, 1870 Harbor Blvd, Costa Mesa, CA 92627 RSVP HERE forms.gle/Jb9Z2Kiq3KRT... The American Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee
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