Gaza

2019

1h 30m

Documentary

List

96%

Tomatometer

23 Reviews

83%

Audience Score

Fewer than 50 Ratings

A portrait of the everyday lives of the citizens of Gaza.

Read More

Read Less

Prime Video

Rent Gaza on Prime Video, or buy it on Prime Video.

Critics Consensus

Uniquely revelatory and altogether enlightening, Gaza allows audiences to settle into the unique rhythms of ordinary life in a region roiled by conflict.

Read Critics Reviews

Wendy Ide

Observer (UK)

It's a striking piece of film-making, beautifully shot by McConnell.

Rated: 4/5

Aug 11, 2019

Full Review

Peter Bradshaw

Guardian

A sombre, angry film about a people under political siege.

Rated: 4/5

Aug 8, 2019

Full Review

Nigel Andrews

Financial Times

The film's dynamo is in its details.

Rated: 4/5

Aug 7, 2019

Full Review

Graeme Tuckett

Stuff.co.nz

I've never seen a film that so accurately and often captures that exact moment in a child's life when the laughter and smiles suddenly wither and harden into an adult's anger and fear.

Rated: 4/5

Mar 11, 2021

Full Review

Alan Zilberman

Washington City Paper

It wisely avoids any sermonizing or calls to action, and instead serves as an unwavering depiction of cinematic empathy.

Feb 28, 2020

Full Review

Steven Sheehan

The Digital Fix

While Gaza achieves some of its aims in revealing the ordinary people of Gaza away from the cyclical violence shown on news channels, the longer it continues, the more we see of the war and bloodshed so commonly associated with the region.

Rated: 7/10

Feb 6, 2020

Full Review

Read all reviews

Jeff W

Beautiful cinematography and story telling. Shows the ordinary power of people trying to live their lives in a conflict zone. Unfortunately it never reveals the true source of their suffering (only their anger), any critical commentary of their leadership, Hamas, and therefore fails to really make any sense of the suffering they portray. If you want to see everyday people living their lives this is great. If you're looking for thoughtful commentary on the reasons they live as they do, you'll need to look elsewhere.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

11/04/23

Full Review

CL

Excellent. Shows what gazans go through just to exist. Awful. And this was made before the current 2023 mess. No wonder they exploded.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

10/14/23

Full Review

Audience Member

Emotional, intense, personal. Great window into the reality experienced in gaza on a daily basis.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/24/23

Full Review

Audience Member

Completely out of context and reality. Didn’t show any incendiary ballots or missiles being sent to civilians in Israel. Nor did it show any of the terror tunnels going frim Gaza to Israel. It’s not possible to make a balanced documentary of Gaza while the terrorist group Hamas is in charge and supervising every breath of any of the people in the film.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

05/04/21

Full Review

Audience Member

Speechless, future generations will ask why did the world sit by and allow this to happen. A must watch if you want to see raw footage of people living through this without all the propaganda.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/20/23

Full Review

Audience Member

Excellent, thought provoking movie. It showed a day in the life of different characters and showed what each endures as a resident of Gaza. The hopelessness of being political prisoners kept from their homeland. England and America's culpability in creating Israel, in a country called Palestine and then in powering Those newly created countrymen to run rough-shot over the rest of Palestine as corrupt leaders steal more and more land that they never were entitled to..Declare them sub human so no one complains when you kill them and rape their land,

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

01/20/23

Full Review

Read all reviews

Post a rating

Garry Keane

Director

Andrew McConnell

Director

Brendan J. Byrne

Producer

Paul Cadieux

Producer

Ray Fabi

Music

Andrew McConnell

Cinematographer

Show Less Cast & Crew

Show More Cast & Crew

100%

71%

Advocate

97%

82%

The Cave

71%

%

West of the Jordan River

100%

86%

Mayor

85%

%

The Hottest August

Discover more movies and TV shows.

View More

View more photos

Synopsis

A portrait of the everyday lives of the citizens of Gaza.

Director: Garry Keane, Andrew McConnell
Production Co: Fine Point Films
Genre: Documentary
Original Language: Arabic
Release Date (Streaming): Feb 3, 2020
Runtime: 1h 30m

Most Popular at Home Now