Another Road Home

Name: Another Road Home
Genre: Documentary
Released: April 29, 2005
Duration: 79 min
Rating: 75

2005

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GeoQuest Entertainment Group | Release Date: April 29, 2005 | Not Rated

Summary: This documentary is the deeply moving story of Israeli filmmaker, Danae Elon's quest to find Musa Obeidallah, the Palestinian man who helped raise her from the time she was a baby until she joined the Israeli army. This film reaches out with unsentimental acuity seasoned by deep affection, to all who believe in the power of family, trustThis documentary is the deeply moving story of Israeli filmmaker, Danae Elon's quest to find Musa Obeidallah, the Palestinian man who helped raise her from the time she was a baby until she joined the Israeli army. This film reaches out with unsentimental acuity seasoned by deep affection, to all who believe in the power of family, trust and friendship. (GeoQuest Entertainment Group)… Expand

Director: Danae Elon

Genre(s): Documentary

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 79 min

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David Sterritt

It's unlikely there will ever be a more moving portrait of the shared selfhood, usually veiled by politics, common to the Palestinian and Israeli peoples. Read full review

Ty Burr

With pained gentleness, her film insists we make our homelands within us and take them wherever we go. Read full review

Ronnie Scheib

Fascinating. Read full review

Allison Benedikt

Politics hovers over every moment of Another Road Home, Elon's layered, loving and deeply personal documentary about her quest to find the Palestinian caregiver who raised her. Read full review

Leslie Camhi

Politics hover at the edges of even the most affectionate encounters among Danae, her parents, and the Obeidallah family. Amos Elon's negativity regarding the future of the Jewish state mars the film, yet Another Road Home moves beyond dark predictions. Read full review

Jeannette Catsoulis

Moving and ultimately hopeful, Another Road Home makes no effort to soften or simplify its prickly themes. Read full review

Nicole Arthur

Earnest if emotionally unsatisfying documentary. Read full review

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Barbara

Apr 2, 2007

If this movie does not move you to see that love is universal, regardless of age, gender, religion or nationality, nothing will. People have a choice..to love freely or let their choices of who they will "allow" themselves to love be made for them. Musa Obeidallah is a re-affirmation for me If this movie does not move you to see that love is universal, regardless of age, gender, religion or nationality, nothing will. People have a choice..to love freely or let their choices of who they will "allow" themselves to love be made for them. Musa Obeidallah is a re-affirmation for me that there are still gentle heros who walk amongst us in this ever increasingly secular world.… Expand

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