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Gatekeepers, The (15)

Gatekeepers, The (15)

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.


The critical consensus

This is a film that leaves a knot in the stomach, and no easy solutions as to how to get rid of it.

*****Paul Gallagher, The List, 22/02/2013

Insightful, revelatory and profound, Moreh's Oscar-nominated documentary combines riveting interviews, archive footage and - yes - state-of-the-art photographic effects to offer a unique perspective on the Israel-Palestine issue.

*****David Hughes, Empire Online, 08/04/2013

Dror Moreh's sombre documentary is a journalistic coup.

***(*)(*)Anthony Quinn, The Independent, 11/04/2013

What's revealed (although perhaps another layer of half-truth) is a compelling overview of a modern security agency – bred in a moral grey area, organising state-sanctioned violence, but uncertain of the strength of its political safety net.

****(*)Henry Barnes, The Guardian, 11/04/2013

The result is an intelligent, compelling and thoroughly accessible history lesson that shines a fresh light on the complexities of the Israeli-Palestine conflict.

*****Allan Hunter, Daily Express, 12/04/2013

Makes for truly bracing viewing.

****(*)David Jenkins, Little White Lies, 11/04/2013

“We win every battle but lose the war.” With plenty of archive footage it’s also a riveting but depressing history of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

****(*)Henry Fitzherbert, Daily Express, 18/04/2013

An obvious omission is a Palestinian voice, although Moreh does his best to challenge his interviewees. His film is absorbing, frustrating and frequently surprising in its frankness.

****(*)Siobhan Synnot, The Scotsman, 21/04/2013


Features about Gatekeepers, The (15)

The Gatekeepers: A Zero Dark Thirty, with added morals

James Mottram, The Independent, 10/04/2013

Film-maker captures Israeli spy chiefs' doubts over covert killing operations

Harriet Sherwood, The Observer, 14/04/2013

Where and when?

Cameo, Edinburgh from Friday April 12, 2013, until Thursday April 18, 2013. More info: http://www.picturehouses.co.uk/

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