CBC's "Checkpoint": A Barrier to Understanding
CBC's "Checkpoint": A Barrier to Understanding
From HonestReportingCanada:
What happens when a movie crew drops into a conflict zone for three years and produces an 80-minute, narrowly-focused documentary lacking context or narration?
On November 20, CBC Newsworld presented the film "CHECKPOINT" on the documentary program "The Passionate Eye." Shot between 2001 and 2003 by Israeli filmmaker Yoav Shamir, Checkpoint shows poignant and disturbing images of Israelis with weapons controlling the movements of unarmed Palestinians. Without context or narration, the film leaves viewers to draw their own conclusions: Are checkpoint restrictions prompted by legitimate security concerns, the arbitrary whim of individual soldiers, or the cruelty of a military bent on inflicting misery and humiliation?
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Posted by Tim Dormain at November 22, 2005 06:52 PM
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CBC's "Checkpoint": A Barrier to Understanding
From HonestReportingCanada:
On November 20, CBC Newsworld presented the film "CHECKPOINT" on the documentary program "The Passionate Eye." Shot between 2001 and 2003 by Israeli filmmaker Yoav Shamir, Checkpoint shows poignant and disturbing images of Israelis with weapons controlling the movements of unarmed Palestinians. Without context or narration, the film leaves viewers to draw their own conclusions: Are checkpoint restrictions prompted by legitimate security concerns, the arbitrary whim of individual soldiers, or the cruelty of a military bent on inflicting misery and humiliation?
read more HERE
Posted by Tim Dormain at November 22, 2005 06:52 PM