The interviews reveal for the most part honest and decent men who could order death, destruction, torture. It tells the story of the highest, fiercest israeli intelligence agency, shin bet, which took over the top role from mossad after the 1967 six day war. Prepare to be shocked by what you hear in dror morehs fantastic new documentary. A documentary featuring interviews with all surviving former heads of shin bet, the israeli security agency whose activities and membership are closely held state secrets. Jan 06, 20 the gatekeepers, which is playing both in israel and abroad, has made numerous critics 10 best lists. You have just received a tip that six suicide bombers are making their way into the heart of israel s major cities, each one to a different city, to set off an explosion in the most crowded centers of population. The gatekeepers, documentary by israeli director dror. National society of film critics awards top honors to israeli. Spielbergs film, he says, was based on a book that relied the account of an israeli who claimed to be the lead assassin of the hit team, but in reality was a baggage inspector at the tel aviv.
The prize was awarded saturday at the berlin international film festival. Morehs film, about the occupation of the palestinian. Ami ayalon, avraham shalom, avi dichter, yaakov peri. Gatekeepers, oscar nominee, has muted reaction in israel. Gatekeepers and five broken cameras didnt win the best documentary award. Getting the gatekeepers to talk the jerusalem post. Instead, moreh uses his interviews with six former directors of israel s top security services to send a simplistic. In the gatekeepers, which is based on extensive and lengthy interviews conducted to produce the awardwinning film of the same name, six former heads of the shin bet speak with unprecedented candor on how they handled the toughest and tensest moments of their lives. Moreh, an israeli filmmaker whose previous documentary feature was the 2012 oscarnominated the gatekeepers, has a rich appreciation of contradiction. When you have two populations living in the same territory, when one is discriminated by the other based on its ethnicity, and the discrepancy is enormous. At this point, just about any honest film about israel will be touched by tragedy. With ami ayalon, avraham shalom, avi dichter, yaakov peri. The gatekeepers is an eyeopening look at israels past.
Nov 26, 2012 the gatekeepers, a new documentary by the israeli director dror moreh, consists of interviews with six men, all of them retired, most of them bald, one of them a grandfatherly type, well into his. Dror morehs documentary, the gatekeepers, could have been a profound film. In a series of candid interviews, they talk openly about the major events. The companion to the oscarnominated documentary, an unparalleled look inside israels security establishment.
This is a profound documentary about men who actually faced acute moral dilemmas every day for years as the directors of israeli counterintelligence. Inside israels internal security agency kindle edition by moreh, dror, ross. Feb 27, 20 this undated film image released by sony pictures classics shows avraham shalom in a scene from the oscarnominated documentary, the gatekeepers, about former heads of the israeli security. Clare the gatekeeper, a character in the television series power rangers. The gatekeepers, documentary by israeli director dror moreh the. Written and directed by israeli dror moreh, the documentary consists of interviews with six.
So following the oscar ceremony, israeli culture and sports minister limor. In the gatekeepers, israeli security chiefs say what us leaders. Jan 06, 20 the american national society of film critics on saturday awarded best nonfiction film accolades to the israeli documentary the gatekeepers, director dror morehs exploration of intelligence. Moreh told me at the sundance film festival this year that he is planning to turn the movie into a fivepart israeli television series and a book. The gatekeepers, documentary by israeli director dror moreh. Dror moreh, the israeli director of the oscarnominated documentary, the gatekeepers, outside his home in tel aviv, israel, jan. The gatekeepers, a documentary history of the country told. Aug 31, 2012 while no film from the narrow perspective of israeli intelligence could purport to offer a thorough view of the conflict, what makes the gatekeepers ultimately so compelling is its pervasive.
He is currently working on a book based on the film, and a fivepart series on channel. Apr 21, 2017 to move between the gatekeepers, a new israeli documentary featuring interviews with six former heads of israeli s internal security force, and the wave of campaign ads flooding the. Jan 27, 20 jerusalem the oscarnominated documentary the gatekeepers braids the recollections and reflections of six former chiefs of the shin bet, israels internal security service, into a disturbing. It includes many accounts of antiterror operations that will be. Prior to returning to the institute in 2011, he served two years as special. Dror moreh is an israeli cinematographer and director. In the 1990s dror moreh was a leading cinematographer desperado square before turning to documentary filmmaking. Jerusalem the oscarnominated documentary the gatekeepers braids the recollections and reflections of six former chiefs of the shin bet, israels internal security service, into a disturbing. The human factor tallies the what ifs of israelpalestine. The gatekeepers is a masterpiece in a landmark year for israeli documentaries. Intimately interviewed, they shed light on the controversy surrounding the occupation in the aftermath of the six day war. Nov 29, 2012 the gatekeepers, a documentary history of the country told from the point of view of its internal security chiefs, is both honest and saddening. Feb 01, 20 in the documentary the gatekeepers, six. Intimately interviewed, they shed light on the controversy surrounding.
The gatekeepers is a 2012 internationally coproduced documentary film by director dror moreh that tells the story of the israeli internal security service, shin. His film the gatekeepers was nominated for best documentary feature at the 85th academy awards. The gatekeepers, from israeli filmmaker dror moreh, is one of a handful of recent works that have taken a hard look at the israel palestine conflict and the occupation of the west bank. The documentary is about the israeli internal security service called the shin bet. Another has a youthful presence, but shares the reflections of a man much older. The documentary the gatekeepers explores israels history, present and future through the eyes of six former heads of the internal security.
This absorbing documentary brings together the six leaders of shin bet since 1967, for a frank insight into israels security situation, writes. The movie will be playing in new york only through. The gatekeepers is a 2012 internationally coproduced documentary film by director dror moreh that tells the story of the israeli internal security service, shin bet, from the perspective of six of its former heads. Feb 20, 20 the gatekeepers is a film that consists mostly of interviews with six men, but they happen to be six former heads of shin bet, the israeli security agency. The gatekeepers offer candid assessment of israels. Aug 14, 2014 the companion to the oscarnominated documentary, an unparalleled look inside israel s security establishment.
The gatekeepers, the acclaimed documentary by israeli filmmaker dror moreh, provides its viewers with a rare glimpse into the workings of. The question is what its former heads are now trying to do in this film of. Feb 10, 20 the israeli film the gatekeepers has won the cinema for peace prize for most valuable documentary. The gatekeepers film, a 2012 israeli documentary film directed by dror moreh. The human factor tallies the what ifs of israel palestine peace talks dror morehs new documentary is an intimate study of the talks top negotiators and what they missed.
The gatekeepers tells the story of the shin bet, perhaps the most active and certainly the most secretive of israel s security forces, and it tells it from the perspectives of its leaders who, more than anyone, received the trust of the countrys political elites. The gatekeepers offer candid assessment of israel s security director dror moreh interviews six former heads of the israel s shin bet security service in his oscarnominated documentary. You have just received a tip that six suicide bombers are making their way into the heart of israel s major cities, each one to a different city, to set off an explosion in the most crowded centers. National society of film critics award for best documentary, director dror moreh manages to. The writer is a ginsburgingerman fellow at the middle east forum, received the 20 national jewish book award. Table of contents when dror morehs film the gatekeepers first came to public notice it received a lot of attention for being the first time that the six surviving heads of the shin bet were interviewed about their work. The film was nominated for best documentary feature at the 85th academy awards. Mar 12, 2021 ayalon complains that an israeli documentary, the gatekeepers, in which he and five other former security chiefs argue for a twostate solution, failed to provide any real hope for peace. The gatekeepers speak the gatekeepers sony pictures home entertainment 101 minutes 2012. Another, with scratchy voice and chiseled face quotes intellectuals like hannah. Gatekeeper software, the fictional security software in the net.
Israels the gatekeepers wins cinema for peace prize. For the first time ever, six former heads of the shin bet, israel s secret service. A documentary featuring interviews with all surviving former heads of shin bet, the israeli security agency whose activities and membership are closely. This documentary provided at a very personal look at the palestinian israeli conflict. The gatekeepers opens the gate for antizionism israel. Ayalon complains that an israeli documentary, the gatekeepers, in which he and five other former security chiefs argue for a twostate solution, failed to provide any real hope for peace.
The documentary the gatekeepers examines israeli security policy in interviews with six former heads of the secretive shin bet agency. Mar, 2021 the book describes extensive cooperation between the israelis and the palestinians under yasser arafat, to suppress suicide bombers. Dror morehs new film the gatekeepers is very much in the latter tradition. The last fifteen years have seen a stream of brilliant israeli documentaries on.
Jan 06, 20 israeli documentary the gatekeepers was awarded the nonfiction, or documentary prize by the national society of film critics in the u. Filmmaker holds up a mirror in interviews with israels. Dror moreh is the director of the academy award nominated israeli documentary the gatekeepers, a rare insight into the shin bet israels domestic secret. Jan 24, 20 dror morehs oscarnominated documentary, the gatekeepers, is built around the confessions and ruminations of the six surviving heads of the shin bet israels domestic security service. As israel is shifting further to the right politically, films like the gatekeepers, the law in these parts and the palestinian film 5 broken cameras have tried to play a countervailing force in keeping the. Acclaimed film the gatekeepers reveals jarring insight into israels.
Some of it is absolutely fascinating, but much of it is very slow and. Since it first screened at film festivals in 2012, the israeli documentary the gatekeepers has collected a shelfful of awards, and an oscar nomination for best documentary, too. Identifying with the enemy remember what the shin bet set out to do for israel and succeeded in doing. And their job is to keep the country safe and the upbringing of shin bet. One of them looks like a jolly grandfather in suspenders. The film is based on interviews with six former heads of israels internal. The gatekeepers israel confidential january 20, 2016 paris, france interview of shimon dotan a few days before the premiere of the settlers les colons in sundance film festival. Perhaps this is why the gatekeepersis so ravishing. For a deeper understanding of israel and the region. The director interviews eight of the leaders of shin bet over the years. The companion to the oscarnominated documentary, an unparalleled lo. Ambassador dennis ross preface is counselor and william davidson distinguished fellow at the washington institute for near east policy. The oscarnominated documentary directed by dror moreh is not a defense of israeli security policy, but a critique.
The gatekeepers, a documentary history of the country told from the point of view of its internal security chiefs, is both honest and saddening. The film combines indepth interviews, archival footage, and computer animation to recount the role that the group played in israels security from the sixday war to the present. Aug 18, 2015 in the gatekeepers, which is based on extensive and lengthy interviews conducted to produce the awardwinning film of the same name, six former heads of the shin bet speak with unprecedented candor on how they handled the toughest and tensest moments of their lives. The dishonesty of the gatekeepers the jerusalem post. The companion to the oscar nominated documentary, an unparalleled look inside israels security estab. Feb 02, 20 run, dont walk, to see the academyaward nominated israeli film the gatekeepers, which was released in the usa today. Zailyn alvarado may 23, 2018 comparative counter terrorism i. As heads of the shin bet the israeli security agency, the six interviewees who narrate this movie stayed behind the scenes, providing their country with an unseen shield. Go with your friends to see it, especially those on the right or in.
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