Censored Voices
Poignant and provocative. Censored Voices unleashed a thoughtful, deeply moving moment in time. Unforgettable.
-- E. Nina Rothe, Huffington Post
Censored Voices
On June 5, 1967, the armies of Egypt, Syria, and Jordan amass on Israel's borders, threatening annihilation. Six days later, the war ends with Israel's decisive victory - conquests of Gaza, Sinai, and the West Bank, tripling the tiny country's size. Streets brim with joy, but behind the euphoria and a proud new national narrative of invincibility, are other voices. One week after the war, author Amos Oz audio-records intimate conversations with Israeli soldiers fresh from the battlefield. These provocative tapes, censored until now, are the core of a startling film about the tragic paradox of Zionism and the contradictions that arise when a people seeking freedom turn occupier, when David becomes Goliath. The soldiers' harrowing confessions, combined with rare archival footage and evocative sound design, create a sense of stunning immediacy. As they wrestle with the systemic excision of Palestinians, the dehumanizing nature of war, and echoes of the Holocaust, we listen as these men, now almost 50 years older, hear the recordings for the first time, and the past erupts, presciently, into the present.
“Absorbing. Expertly assembled across the board.” - Boyd van Hoeij, The Hollywood Reporter
“Politically charged.” - Ben Kenigsberg, Variety
Awards & Festivals
Official Selection - Sundance Film Festival 2015
Official Selection - Hot Docs International Documentary Festival 2015
Winner - 2015 Israeli Ophir Award, Best Documentary
“Absorbing. Expertly assembled across the board.” - Boyd van Hoeij, The Hollywood Reporter
“Politically charged.” - Ben Kenigsberg, Variety
Awards & Festivals
Official Selection - Sundance Film Festival 2015
Official Selection - Hot Docs International Documentary Festival 2015
Winner - 2015 Israeli Ophir Award, Best Documentary
Genre
Documentary,
War
Runtime
87
Language
Hebrew
FEATURED REVIEW
Diana Clarke, Village Voice
Censored Voices starts off like many documentaries about Israeli military history: with recorded voiceovers, black-and-white photographs, and illustrated maps with moving shapes that represent forces advancing and receding across the Sinai desert, the Golan Heights, the West Bank. But rarely is the ...
Played at
Royal 11.27.15 - 12.10.15
Town Center 5 11.27.15 - 12.03.15
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