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Political Controversies: banned mystery 'The Attack' & docu 'Commie Camp'
August 15, 2013 5:00pm

 

Depth Perception
Political Controversies: banned mystery 'The Attack' & docu 'Commie Camp'
Director Katie Halper chats about Commie Camp, her doc about a progressive kids camp, and how Rush Limbaugh indirectly helped spark the making of the film.

Lebanese director Ziad Doureri discusses his award-winning "quiet political mystery" The Attack, banned by the Arab League. Amin, a Palestinian-Israeli surgeon living in Israel, struggles to discover the truth: Was his wife really the suicide bomber responsible in the cafe explosion that killed 17 people, including herself?

Doueri explains the real reason he cast an Israeli actress as a Palestinian woman, why the Arab League is "pathetic," and how making this film changed him profoundly. He also provides the ultimate, definitive once-and-for-all answer as to whether he is Quentin Tarantino's protege.

[Music from The Ballet, Humpback Comeback, and Joey Perr; Lebanese, Palestinian, and Israeli music.]


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