2011 · documentary · law · occupation
The Law in These Parts
Directed by Ra'anan Alexandrowicz1h 41m2011
Can justice truly be served in the occupied territories given the current system of law administered by Israel for Palestinians? This documentary explores the history of Israel's military legal system in the Occupied Palestinian Territories of the West Bank and Gaza Strip.
Our read: The Law in These Parts (2011) reads as a heavy, measured, grounded documentary · law · occupation entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook.
Heavy, measured, measured documentary / law, grounded in texture. Nihilistic, mid-stakes, cold.
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- bleak
- cold
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