The Tinderbox
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Available until
Jun 06, 2024
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About the film
Many people think they understand what’s going on in Israel and Palestine today, but are they right? And what does the story of how and why a century of violence started have to do with the West? Award-winning historical filmmaker Gillian Mosely is a British-American Jew who was raised Zionist. After discovering a close friend was Palestinian, she began to re-examine everything she had been taught. This inspired decades of research into Britain’s colonial legacy in Israel and Palestine, culminating in her 2022 documentary The Tinderbox. A rare and thought-provoking examination of both sides of the Israeli-Palestinian clash, from its catalyst to why it still rages, to what needs to happen for it to stop.
Genre
Documentary
Runtime
1h 31m
Released
2022
Director
Gillian Mosely
Producer
Gillian Mosely
Executive Producer
Richard Melman, Andre Singer
Crew
Richard Blanshard, Andy Worboys, Dani Jacobs
Awards & recognition
Various - see website www.thetinderboxfilm.com
see website
What people are saying
‘Gillian Mosely’s thoughtful movie about Israel/Palestine raises important issues and discusses the historical background going back to the British mandate after the first world war – it’s surprising how many British parliamentarians still behave as if all this has nothing to do with them. Above all, Mosely emphasises that eternal liberal imperative: that everyone involved should simply keep talking. (Continues)‘
Peter Bradshaw
‘The Tinderbox, a generous, personal essay documentary about the region's history and plenitude of perspectives nobly tries to wrap its arms around the whole lot.‘
Leslie Felperin