Film Details

Winner of the Ophir Award (Israel’s Oscar) for Best Documentary, this revelatory movie takes another look at 1967’s Six-Day War, during which the young nation of Israel decisively defeated Egypt, Jordan, and Syria and nearly tripled its size with the occupation of the West Bank, the Sinai Peninsula, and the Golan Heights. One week after the war, Amos Oz (soon to become Israel’s most famous writer) recorded frank conversations with returning soldiers, who expressed misgivings about the treatment of Arab POW’s and the forced evacuations of Palestinian villages. They worried about the future prospects for peaceful coexistence. These recordings were partially suppressed by the Israeli Defense Forces, but now can be heard. And in this movie, newsreel footage and vintage photographs augment scenes of veterans, now in their 70s, listening to their younger selves.