Some documentarians settle for breaking your heart. Others struggle to clarify a long-view geopolitical panorama, with a specific subject or conflict as the viewfinder. “No Other Land” achieves both, and more. It does so with deceptive ease under extraordinary duress. And foremost, it’s a riveting and humane experience pulled from the rubble of a never-ending war. Premiering last year, it ended 2024 as the year’s most-awarded nonfiction film, a likely upcoming Oscar winner in the documentary feature category. “No Other Land” is also still without a U.S. distributor, so its producers are self-distributing. The Chicago premiere of this remarkable document,...