Miami Beach Mayor Steven Meiner has withdrawn his proposed plan to evict O Cinema from its publicly owned building over the theater’s decision to screen the Oscar-winning documentary “No Other Land.”
Instead, he said at a City Commission meeting on Wednesday that he wants the theater to offer “a fair and balanced viewpoint” going forward, according to the Miami Herald. The update comes the same day that city officials were set to vote on the theater’s future.
Commissioners Tanya Katzoff Bhatt, Laura Dominguez, Alex Fernandez, Kristen Rosen Gonzalez and Joseph Magazine voiced their disagreement with Meiner’s plan at said meeting, while David Suarez offered his support.