A man from a small village films protests about the village's land being taken. New housing is being constructed for settlers and there is a barrier, guarded by soldiers.
I think this illustrates a subject that lots of people know is happening, but do not know the details about. Conflict in the Middle East is as old as time itself, but what this film does is show how that effects individual people, families and a village. They are regular humans too, not just something mentioned in passing on the nightly news. There was lots of talk (in Arabic and Hebrew with English subtitles) and not much techno (or music). What music there was stayed out of the way. It was definitely more about information than entertainment. 4:3 TV video doesn't float my boat, but it was for POV/PBS and needed to be that way. Emad Burnat spends any footage not involved with protests on filming his youngest son, Gabreel (image). By my documentary criteria, this was great. I just didn't find it all that engaging or interesting. That is just a matter of personal taste. I rate it adequate because it is a great documentary, but I did not really get into it.
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