‘Many of us in Israel live in a state of shock at the savagery’: veteran director Amos Gitai returns to Gaza
Veteran Israeli director Amos Gitai presented his new documentary, 'The Road to Jericho,' at the Venice Film Festival, focusing on the plight of Bedouin villagers in the West Bank. The film highlights the struggle of a school under threat of demolition as a symbol of resistance.
Why it matters
The film brings international attention to the humanitarian and political complexities of the Israeli-occupied West Bank through a cultural lens.
‘Everything has been destabilised and we are now in the hands of people who don’t want peace’ … The Road to Jericho Photograph: Courtesy Venice Film Festival ‘Everything has been destabilised and we are now in the hands of people who don’t want peace’ … The Road to Jericho Photograph: Courtesy Venice Film Festival Venice film festival ‘Many of us in Israel live in a state of shock at the savagery’: veteran director Amos Gitai returns to Gaza The writer-director once called Israel’s ‘one-man New Wave’ is in Venice with The Road to Jericho, a new and poetic attempt to highlight the plight of those in the occupied West Bank
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