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CHECKPOINT

Director:

  Yoav Shamir
  

Year Released:

  2003

Jan's Rating:

Rich's Rating:

3 out of 5

3.5 out of 5

Key Performances:

  "Good" Israeli Soldiers
  "Bad" Israeli Soldiers
  Palestinian Men
  Palestinian Women
  Palestinian Children
Movie Haiku:Irritatingly one-sided documentary from a politically active, left-wing Israeli director. Everyone agrees that the current situation is horrible, creating humiliation & rage on the Palestinian side and grandiose bullying on the Israeli side, but Shamir never acknowledges the problem: terrorists really are trying to bring bombs across the border.

ADDITIONAL FF2 INFO ABOUT THIS FILM:

Women filmmakers?

  No

Jewish content?

  No

Haiku Posted:

  2004