Palestine/Israeli Conflict

"My Neighbourhood" Exposes Israelis Brutal Displacement of Palestinian Families

"I hate them, I hate them for a reason," says Mohammed El Kurd, the young boy who is at the center of Julia Bacha's Peabody-winning short film "My Neighborhood," which bracingly shows the experiences of Palestinian families being displaced from their homes in East Jerusalem by brutish Orthodox Jewis...

"The Gatekeepers" and Israeli's Leftist Docu Wave

Are Israel's acclaimed documentaries -- "The Gatekeepers" (which opens today in New York and L.A.), "5 Broken Cameras" and "The Law in These Parts" -- helping to swing public opinion in Israel to the left? That's the question I explore in my Docutopia colum...

With Oscar Nom, Will Palestinian Doc "5 Broken Cameras" Enter Mainstream Debate?

I've been advocating on behalf of "5 Broken Cameras," Emad Burnat and Guy Davidi's engrossing and intimate doc chronicle of Burnat and his village's struggles for self-determination in Occupied Palestine, for nearly a year now. I first wrote about in March, then championed it ...

Forget 'Lincoln' and the Civil War: The Dominant Conflict In This Fall's Movies Is the Israeli-Palestinian One

While deeply reverential toward the dead, "Lincoln" is defined by the celebration of the capacity for salvation from wartime strife. Meanwhile, movies grappling with the current Israeli-Palestinian conflict signal a far more dire situation by analyzing it in real time.

Israeli Occupation Doc "The Law In These Parts" Opens as Violence Escalates in Israel

While I'm sure no one is happy that war is about to break out in the Middle East after Israel's targeted assassination of Hamas leader Ahmed al-Jabari on Wednesday, the timing couldn't be more perfect for this week's Film Forum release of "The Law In These Parts," Ra'a...

Polanski's "Carnage" Charts Divisive Politics; Slams Both Liberals, Conservatives

"Paradise Now" Faces Racist Anti-Oscar Campaign

From Thoughtful Palestinians to Passionate Gay Cowboys, Will U.S. Audiences Be Ready?