- A VERY IMPORTANT FILM!! May it go to film festivals all over the world. It will do so much good, shed so much light on the current darkness enveloping the Middle East and the World. Orly’s humble, reluctant, personalizaton of her own painful realization – coming from her place as the daughter of two families that were founders of the State of Israel, huge gods in the pantheon of Zionism – of the untold and submerged story of the Palestinian people, is incredibly effective in cutting through the noise of ignorance and supposition that surrounds the deconstruction of Zionism. Congratulations to all involved in “LAND.” A magnificent, tragic, noble – and at the end, hopeful work – as a piece of art, as a profound political statement and as an unforgettable story.
- Absolutely amazing, thought provoking, deeply insightful and wonderful film. You opened my world, mind and eyes – “We saw and we didn’t see.”
- A fascinating, utterly absorbing personal exploration of the ideology and motivation of a remarkable handful of Jewish philosophers and political theorists from a highly sophisticated European cultural milieu who helped to create a nation called Israel in one small corner of the Middle East without being able to see how their dream of nation building would inevitably lead to the subjugation and in many instances the expulsion of its indigenous non-European population, to wit the majority Arab population of Palestine – as seen through the eyes of the film-maker who grew up within this charmed circle of Zionist ideologues and activists and became the willing servant of the state which several generations of her own family had striven to create – until she learned to first question and then ultimately reject everything that they had passed down to her. To be able to see as well as to look – this is the central thread that runs through this extraordinary – as well as courageous – film.
- Am still in the intellectual and emotional hangover stage from seeing your new film. I believe it is a game changer in this current world.
- Your film must be a success as it has changed me and my way of thinking. I can’t tell you how much I appreciated every bit of it from how it was made to your most honourable and responsible handling of this emotional and complicated history. It should be required viewing in every high school in the country and beyond. Your creative deep dive into the past serves your message so well. I don’t think I’ve seen as thorough a presentation of information to support the cause of Palestinian rights as yours.
- It will take some time to fully digest the experience of this extraordinary creation, and we already want to see it again.
- We each loved that it did not indulge in hyperbole or polemics, did not depict graphic scenes of tragedy and violence, but instead proposed the uncomfortable truth that we are all human, and that we are all together in this mess, and the truth must be told if we are to move past it. In the future, hopefully, there will be a truth and reconciliation commission for Palestine/Israel, as there was in South Africa. This film would be an important artifact for that commission.
- It was a very fascinating experience for me. such a brave and hopeful film! that you dared to go through the layers of your family history and the layers of the history of Israel and Zionism and nationalism etc. It really gives such a complex and deep perspective. I also like the storytelling techniques you used with going in imaginary dialogues with your dead ancestors etc, letting them speak from their letters or books. I really hope this film gets shown. It deserves a big audience.
- Eye-opening, inspiring, and important.
- You did a masterful job including whimsy and humor making the film thought-provoking and enlightening without it being dispiriting. The ending was perfect. I left with so many questions, so many thoughts, and I learned a few things.
- I learned so much and feel like I need to see it again and again to really absorb all the information you put out there.
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