A very fascinating documentary based on the book of the same title, that I recently watched at Cinema Village in NY.
The topics covered and message it tries to bring are of universal importance and especially in the current age of terror and mass migrations due to the Syrian war.
Interesting enough quite influential people are interviewed by the director and author of the book, who has a rich background in politics himself. It breaks some of the misinformation from the mainstream media and it's focus on the negative side. For example it demonstrates the forgiveness and tolerance in the lives of victims on both sides of the Israeli and Palestine conflict. You don't really see that covered elsewhere in general.
I enjoyed to see Cat Stevens voice his opinion and the Dalai Lama interviews just as much. What's adding value to these scenes is the sharpness of the knowledgeable interviewer, as I have often seen badly executed ones in other documentaries of this kind.
I did notice some minor flaws to the movie, for example regarding choice of a theme song that is not always fitting in my opinion. Perhaps a matter of taste though, it could be improved in follow up editions.
Interesting enough quite influential people are interviewed by the director and author of the book, who has a rich background in politics himself. It breaks some of the misinformation from the mainstream media and it's focus on the negative side. For example it demonstrates the forgiveness and tolerance in the lives of victims on both sides of the Israeli and Palestine conflict. You don't really see that covered elsewhere in general.
I enjoyed to see Cat Stevens voice his opinion and the Dalai Lama interviews just as much. What's adding value to these scenes is the sharpness of the knowledgeable interviewer, as I have often seen badly executed ones in other documentaries of this kind.
I did notice some minor flaws to the movie, for example regarding choice of a theme song that is not always fitting in my opinion. Perhaps a matter of taste though, it could be improved in follow up editions.
