Settler colonialism remains underexplored in media representation, particularly regarding Palestinian documentary films that challenge dominant narratives about colonial relationships. This gap limits understanding of how visual media functions as both documentation and resistance within contemporary contexts. This study examined how settler colonialism is represented in No Other Land documentary film using Stuart Hall's representation theory and Patrick Wolfe's settler colonialism concept. A qualitative interpretive approach analyzed seven documentary scenes spanning from 2019 to 2023, applying Hall's three interconnected elements of representation: things in the world, concepts, and signs. The analysis examined both indexical signs through spoken testimony and iconic signs through visual imagery to understand how the documentary communicates settler colonial concepts. The findings revealed that the documentary represents settler colonialism through temporal progression demonstrating escalating eliminatory violence, beginning with legal dispossession and culminating in armed settler attacks forcing mass displacement. Wolfe's three characteristics of ongoing reality, structure, and logic of elimination operated simultaneously rather than as isolated incidents. Indexical signs through Palestinian testimony established present day realities while iconic signs through visual contrasts communicated material consequences of eliminatory policies. The documentary employed representational strategies that centered Palestinian voice and agency while exposing eliminatory mechanisms. This research contributes to understanding how documentary film translates abstract theoretical concepts into accessible evidence of systematic oppression.

Keywords: settler colonialism, representation, documentary film, Palestine, No Other Land