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 and Hamas.

The mayor asked the city commission to terminate the theater's lease at a city-owned building and cut $40K in grant funding because it screened "No Other Land."

Miami Beach's mayor has dropped an effort to evict and defund an arts cinema after strong opposition from the community and other elected officials.