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Tears of Gaza

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The filmmaker exposes the brutal consequences of modern warfare.
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Kenneth Turan Los Angeles Times 09/20/2012
2.5/5
This documentary's goals are noble ones, but its execution is something else again. Go to Full Review
Jeannette Catsoulis New York Times 09/18/2012
5/5
A brutally uncompromising blast of outrage, Vibeke Lokkeberg's "Tears of Gaza" is less a documentary than a collage of suffering. Go to Full Review
Chris Packham Village Voice 09/18/2012
The cameras linger on the faces of children as they tell their stories, unaffected and open. Go to Full Review
David Bax Battleship Pretension 03/10/2021
The point made - and made clearly - is that war of any stripe is rarely balanced and never fair. Go to Full Review
David Walsh World Socialist Web Site 02/13/2021
The Israeli military's murderous assault in December 2008-January 2009 on the Palestinian population of Gaza is the subject of a powerful documentary by Norwegian director Vibeke Løkkeberg. Go to Full Review
Nicholas Bell IONCINEMA.com 08/05/2019
Regardless of intent, Tears of Gaza seems hopelessly biased and startlingly futile as we listen to small children that will nurse their burning hatred into a bitter adulthood. Go to Full Review
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03/16/2014 Long live Palestine! See more Walter M @Harlequin68 09/24/2012 Definitely not for the squeamish, "Tears of Gaza" is a visceral documentary look at the Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip in 2008 and 2009 that left thousands dead and injured. While I admire the documentary for bringing this human rights crisis to the attention of the outside world, that does not mean I do not have my share of qualms. That starts with the documentary failing to do an adequate job of capturing daily life in the state of siege in the occupied territory, with highly suspect editing being a main culprit.(For example, I would have loved a look inside one of the famed smugglers' tunnels.) Since this documentary is as subtle as some of the explosions, it should come as no surprise that it is interested in pushing as many emotional buttons as it can find. So much so, that it might even qualify as 'tragedy porn,' to borrow an episode title from the smart, witty and wise "The Newsroom." The problem here arises from focusing mainly on the harm done to children, as it suffers from 'child worship syndrome,' to quote Bill Hicks. That's not to mention the lack of context, without which one cannot speak to motive. See more 09/16/2012 Funny...Everybody keeps saying this film is biased....Whether or not Hamas launched a missile into Israel doesn't make Israel's typical war aggression-style techniques any less damaging.. See more 09/13/2012 Utter and vapid anti Semitic crap. See more Read all reviews
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Movie Info

Synopsis The filmmaker exposes the brutal consequences of modern warfare.
Director
Vibeke Løkkeberg
Genre
Documentary, War
Original Language
Arabic
Release Date (Streaming)
Jan 29, 2015
Runtime
1h 30m
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