Israel/Palestinian Conflict

This is Not a Movie

By Alan Ng | January 2020

Director Yung Chang’s This is Not a Movie presents us with a simple, yet somewhat provocative title. A title that won’t make…

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Director Yung Chang’s This is Not a Movie presents us with a simple, yet somewhat provocative title. A title that won’t make sense until the end of...

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Director Molly Stuart’s documentary Objector is very political, to say the least. It hits on a very current crisis, and quite frankly, I don’t...

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Tel Aviv on Fire tries to do many things and is most successful in accomplishing its balancing act. Writer-director Sameh Zoabi, who co-wrote the film with...

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Hurdle is a 2019 documentary by Michael Rowley that follows over the course of one year, two Palestinian teachers, Sami and Mohammad, as they help their...

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Lea Tsemel is a real, flesh-and-blood person, but if you saw someone like her in a fictional film, you might fault the screenwriter for inventing such an...

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The thorns of war are brutally stinging in In Syria, a drama film impeccably mounted by the Belgian cinematographer turned director Philippe Van Leeuw (The...

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Cover photo: Credit: Andrejs Verhoustin. Courtesy of Israel Broadcasting Authority In June of 1967, a six-day war was waged between Israel, Egypt,...

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The elements that go into making a successful film are sometimes more art than science. A single performance can elevate a lackluster cast of thousands. A...

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In the war-torn city of Sderot, Israel, in the midst of Hamas bombings, there exists a (literal) underground music scene, in which enthusiastic hopefuls...

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