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Tears of Gaza (2010)

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Posted by Films For Action on Nov. 19, 2012
81 min - Documentary - 3785 Views

Disturbing, powerful and emotionally devastating, Tears of Gaza is less a conventional documentary than a record–presented with minimal gloss – of the 2008 to 2009 bombing of Gaza by the Israeli military. Photographed by several Palestinian cameramen both during and after the offensive, this powerful film by director Vibeke Løkkeberg focuses on the impact of the attacks on the civilian population. Tears of Gaza makes no overriding speeches or analyses.

The situation leading up to the incursion is never mentioned. Similar events certainly occurred in Dresden, Tokyo, Baghdad and Sarajevo, but of course Gaza isn’t those places. Tears of Gaza demands that we examine the costs of war on a civilian populace. (Excerpt from Steve Gravestock, 2011 Toronto International Film Festival)

“Few antiwar films register with the disturbing immediacy and visceral terror of "Tears of Gaza," Vibeke Lokkeberg's extraordinary docu-set amid the 2008-09. What's shown is a revelation.”  -  John Andersen, Variety

“Perhaps the ultimate anti-war film. A compelling film about war.” – Kirk Honeycutt, The Hollywood Reporter

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