Tragedy in the Holy Land - The Second Uprising
by Denis Mueller
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Director: Denis MuellerBrand: MPI Home Video
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language)
Format: Color, DVD, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 121 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2002-05-28
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Mpi Home Video
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DVD Review: The DVD provides facts too few Americans know...
Summary: 4 Stars
First, a few things. The editorial review at the very top (right under the tape description and, surely I assume, not written by THE Robert McNamara(?)) is hilarious. News coverage in the U.S. is SO slanted toward the Israeli side of the conflict that frankly we NEED a whole film just to balance out the daily, 365 times a year barrage we get from an American press terrified of really tackling the subject (for fear of very strong Pro-Israeli lobbyists and pressure groups.) In other words, we JUST BEGIN to get a sense of balance BY WATCHING THE DVD and ALL the other daily insufficient reporting we get from our major media. (And that latter 'coverage' usually goes into great detail about the unfortunate Israeli deaths in this fight, but just as frequently says almost NOTHING about the deaths and suffering of Palestinians.)Secondly, being a journalist, I must say that McNamara is also wrong in that balance does not determine the absolute truth of a situation. You can have two opposing views of a situation and neither side can be right or only one of them can be right. What helps determine truth for the reporter and the reader or viewer is probing, insistent questioning that leads to meaningful answers along with lots of documentation that either backs up or discredits those answers. Frankly, reporters frequently settle for just getting TWO SIDES of the story instead of trying to make A DETERMINATION OF TRUTH about what each side is saying. The latter is really what what the public needs but it's harder and riskier to do, so many journalist's just cop-out with the easier way. Finally, McNamara also says the tape comes off as a "strident" denunciation of the Israeli government. Well consider this: sometimes in journalism, upon examination of the facts,there is no clear moral viewpoint other than something is unjust and it should be reported as such. For example, in the South during the Civil Rights struggle in the 50's and 60's, African-Americans were clearly right in wanting to be treated as equals and most of the contemporary reporting of the day reflected that. The same was also true about the reporting on apartheid in South Africa. So sometimes what's needed more than balance is an ACCURATE but yet piercing illustration of an injustice that a people are fighting. Which finally brings me to the DVD: it does an excellent job of making known the historical context of this fight in the Middle East, something the print or the TV media NEVER ever discuss- that the conflict is rooted not in religious differences but about land. It was land that once one side lived on and now not only do the majority of them NOT live there but they exist in terrible ghettoes where they have no clear rights. (It's a situation so close to the plight of Jewish people in WWII Poland that you want to shake your head in dismay.) Once you know the early history of this fight you can't help but have a very different viewpoint of the present situation from the common wisdom dispensed by pundits and big media. In short, the DVD succeeds in giving this history where the NYTimes and others fail. It also almost viscerally demonstrates the real impact of the war on a people Lord Balfour once dismissed as "niggers" (in a discussion with Chaim Weizmann, the first President of Israel,) the Palestinians. And that's something you're not getting from the Nightly News.
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