West of the Jordan River

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West of the Jordan River

2018

1h 24m

Documentary

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Interviews with Israelis and Palestinians who make efforts to try to overcome the consequences of the ongoing occupation.

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Vikram Murthi

RogerEbert.com

01/26/2018

2/4

A film that has a lot to say but lacking the appropriate way to say it.

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John Anderson

Wall Street Journal

01/26/2018

"West of the Jordan River" is as formally precise at it is politically unapologetic.

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Simon Abrams

Village Voice

01/25/2018

The maddeningly unfocused Israeli documentary West of the Jordan River doesn't reveal anything insightful about Gaza settlers' reasons for either supporting or rejecting a two-state solution.

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Nora Lee Mandel

Film-Forward.com

01/26/2018

6/10

Interviews mostly liberal Israeli politicians, journalists, and activists in civic organizations working to bridge the gap the government won't cross--feels sadly dated .

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Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat

Spirituality & Practice

01/25/2018

4/5

An Israeli director's look at the devastating fallout from the 50-year occupation of Palestine.

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Sep 12

Though Gitai is a great director here he made a super common mistake- he presented all the views like they are having similar wight in their perspective population, which is a great deception. For the viewer it might seem that the 10 nice ladies who have learned to mourn together have the same weight as the martyrs (who he somehow failed to find in this of all peaceful nation of Palestinians), well it's not, those are probably the only 10 nice ladies there & most of the others love Hamas. Also somehow Gitai failed to mention who was at fault at all the peace talks (let me supply you with the answer- Palestinian politicians). That conflict is definitely taking a huge toll on the Israelis both physical and mental but until the Palestinians won't find a leader who's willing to compromise they are dooming both of these nations to the conflict

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02/01/2018

Disjointed, biased review of what is going on in the West Bank. A very disappointing movie- it lacked depth, balance and any new information that is not already known. And he completely leaves out any context to make any claims the people he interviews believable.

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Interviews with Israelis and Palestinians who make efforts to try to overcome the consequences of the ongoing occupation.

Director: Amos Gitai
Producer: Amos Gitai
Screenwriter: Amos Gitai
Distributor: Kino Lorber
Production Co: Agav Films, Nilaya Productions
Genre: Documentary
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Jan 26, 2018, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): May 1, 2018
Runtime: 1h 24m

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