Following on the heels of CONTROL ROOM (2004), which examined how differently from Western media outlets the Arab news network Al Jazeera reported the war in Iraq, this incisive documentary tackles the failures of American reportage when it comes to an even more controversial topic: the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. The subject can sharply divide even the most liberal-minded critics, but it's no secret on which side of the debate filmmakers Bathsheba Ratzkoff and Sut Jhally find themselves. Like most of those interviewed, they consider the Israeli presence on the Gaza Strip and in the West Bank territories an illegal military occupation that deliberately makes life i...
Released:
2004
Rated:
NR
Length:
80 mins