From GAZA STRIP to CLOSE, CLOSED, CLOSURE, several recent Israeli documentaries have dealt plainly with the Palestinian experience in the occupied territories. This controversial and heartbreaking film from Israeli filmmaker Ra'anan Alexandrowicz, however, shifts its focus east, as a bus load of Palestinian tourists traveling through Israel come face-to-face with a thriving nation and a history that has replaced their own. Even though the film was shot several months before the outbreak of the second Intifada in September 2000, the film shows that even during a time of relative peace, a certain amount of ingenuity was necessary for Arab residents of the territories t...
Released:
2001
Rated:
NR
Length:
98 mins