{"id":16402,"date":"2011-12-05T23:59:44","date_gmt":"2011-12-06T06:59:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/?p=16402"},"modified":"2011-12-07T02:36:37","modified_gmt":"2011-12-07T09:36:37","slug":"israeli-docs-in-sundance-world-cinema-documentary-competition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/?p=16402","title":{"rendered":"Israeli Docs in Sundance World Cinema Documentary Competition"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Three Israeli documentaries will participate in the Sundance Institute World Cinema Documentary Competition: <em>5 Broken Cameras<\/em>, directed by Emad Burnat and Guy Davidi; <em>Gypsy Davy<\/em>, directed by Rachel Leah Jones; and <em>The Law in These Parts<\/em> directed by Ra\u2019anan Alexandrowicz.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/thelawfilmsmall.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-16408\" title=\"thelawfilmsmall\" src=\"http:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/thelawfilmsmall.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"594\" height=\"363\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/thelawfilmsmall.jpg 594w, https:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/thelawfilmsmall-300x183.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 594px) 100vw, 594px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Midnight East writer Akin Ajayi writes: \u201c<em>The anomalous situation in the Occupied Territories \u2013 under Israeli control but not subject to Israeli law \u2013 is the subject matter of <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thelawfilm.com\/eng\" target=\"_blank\">The Law in These Parts<\/a><\/strong>, an intelligent, provocative, and thought-provoking documentary by Ra\u2019anan Alexandrowicz and Liran Atzmor. Most Israelis are aware of the fact that Israeli law does not apply in the territories occupied by Israeli forces after the 6 Day War, but rather military law. But what is this law? To whom does it apply? How is it applied? And, most importantly, does it respect the Rule of Law, the fundamental principles of justice and evenhandedness that underpin its authority?<\/em>\u201d <a href=\"http:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/?p=16167\" target=\"_blank\">Read the full review here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>5 Broken Cameras<\/strong> (Palestine, Israel, France), directed by Emad Burnat and Guy Davidi \u2014 A Palestinian journalist chronicles his village\u2019s resistance to a separation barrier being erected on their land and in the process captures his young son\u2019s lens on the world.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Gypsy Davy<\/strong> (Israel, U.S.A., Spain), directed by Rachel Leah Jones \u2014 How does a white boy with Alabama roots become a Flamenco guitarist in Andalusian boots? A tale of self-invention and the pursuit of happiness, regardless of the cost to others.<\/p>\n<p>The Sundance Institute announced the films selected for the U.S. and World Cinema Dramatic and Documentary Competitions of the 2012 Sundance Film Festival to take place January 19 \u2013 29, 2012, in Park City, Salt Lake City, Ogden and Sundance, Utah. The complete list of films is available at www.sundance.org\/festival.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Three Israeli documentaries will participate in the Sundance Institute World Cinema Documentary Competition: 5 Broken Cameras, directed by Emad Burnat and Guy Davidi; Gypsy Davy, directed by Rachel Leah Jones; and The Law in These Parts directed by Ra\u2019anan Alexandrowicz. Midnight East writer Akin Ajayi writes: \u201cThe anomalous situation in the Occupied Territories \u2013 under [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16402","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-film"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16402","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=16402"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16402\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=16402"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=16402"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=16402"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}