The line separating documentary from propaganda is often blurred as filmmakers’ biases inevitably seep into their films’ narratives, obfuscating the subjects in lieu of the artists’ political penchants. But by revealing their biases up front, filmmakers can avoid subverting their audiences and leave it up to them to arrive at their own conclusions.
This is not the approach taken by filmmaker Ra’anan Alexandrowicz. The Israeli documentarian made a name for himself writing and directing a litany of anti-Israel projects, including The Law in These Parts in 2011. The film featured a message from Bassem Tamimi, a convict who recruited a cadre of Palestinians to throw stones at IDF soldiers and the cousin of the orchestrator of the Jerusalem Sbarro pizzeria bombing in 2001 that killed 15 civilians.
