Gaza Strip

Name: Gaza Strip
Genre: Documentary
Released: August 1, 2002
Duration: 74 min
Rating: 63

2002

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Generally favorable reviews based on 8 Critic Reviews

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Movie Details & Credits

Arab Film Distribution | Release Date: August 1, 2002

Summary: This documentary pushes the viewer headlong into the tumult of the Israeli-occupied Gaza, examining the lives and views of ordinary Palestinians.

Director: James Longley

Genre(s): Documentary

Runtime: 74 min

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Phil Hall

Rare vehicle which gives the Palestinian people (rather than their failed, double-talking leadership) an opportunity to speak freely and openly, and that feat in itself makes this one of the most important documentaries of recent times. Read full review

Ted Shen

Heart-wrenching documentary. Read full review

TV Guide Magazine Ken Fox

Longley has constructed a remarkably coherent, horrifically vivid snapshot of those turbulent days. Read full review

Dana Stevens

Mr. Longley makes powerful use of the techniques of cinéma vérité. The absence of voice-over narration and talking-head interviews gives his portrait of daily life under duress a riveting immediacy. Read full review

V.A. Musetto

While it is interesting to witness the conflict from the Palestinian side, Longley's film lacks balance (there's nothing from the Israeli perspective) and fails to put the struggle into meaningful historical context. Read full review

J. Hoberman

A documentary to make the stones weep -- as shameful as it is scary. Read full review

Michael O'Sullivan

Its one-sidedness flirts with propaganda. Read full review

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