State 194

Name: State 194
Genre: Documentary
Released: May 17, 2013
Duration: 98 min
Rating: 63
Cast: Avi Dichter, Jeremy Ben-Ami, Mahmoud Abbas, Salam Fayyad, Sara Benninga

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Participant Media | Release Date: May 17, 2013 | PG

Starring: Avi Dichter, Jeremy Ben-Ami, Mahmoud Abbas, Salam Fayyad, Sara Benninga, Tzipi Livni

Summary: In 2009, Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad launched a plan to demonstrate that his people were deserving of statehood, inspiring them to change their destiny and seek UN membership. Since then, they’ve made remarkable progress, but the political quagmire threatens to destroy the most promising opportunity for peace in years.In 2009, Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad launched a plan to demonstrate that his people were deserving of statehood, inspiring them to change their destiny and seek UN membership. Since then, they’ve made remarkable progress, but the political quagmire threatens to destroy the most promising opportunity for peace in years. [Participant Media]… Expand

Director: Dan Setton

Genre(s): Documentary

Rating: PG

Runtime: 98 min

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Diana Clarke

May 14, 2013

The best part of State 194 is its domesticity, its low-key approach to a conflict that has been widely sensationalized in the media. Read full review

Gary Goldstein

May 16, 2013

With a two-state solution still elusive, "State 194" may feel a bit like yesterday's news — literally and figuratively. But as an aid to better understanding this vital, complex dispute, the film is definitely worth a look. Read full review

Andrew Schenker

May 12, 2013

It too often feels like just one more aesthetically uninspired documentary that gives way in the end to a special round of pleading for its specific cause. Read full review

Anita Gates

May 16, 2013

This is certainly competent filmmaking, sort of like a long “60 Minutes” segment without the confrontational interview style. Read full review

Mike D'Angelo

May 15, 2013

As a primer, however, the film does the job, albeit less thoroughly and with more needless digressions than would even a lengthy magazine article on the subject. Read full review

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