The Dryden will screen Censored Voices (Mor Loushy, Germany/Israel 2015, 87 min., DCP, Hebrew w/subtitles).

In June 1967, the armies of Egypt, Jordan, and Syria massed on Israel's borders and threatened its destruction. Israel launched a preemptive strike and achieved a stunning and decisive victory nearly tripling its size with the occupation of the West Bank, the Sinai Peninsula, and the Golan Heights. The nation brimmed with relief, joy, and pride, while a new national narrative of manifest destiny emerged. But drowned out by the euphoria, other voices—many of those who fought the war—had something different to say. One week after the conflict, Amos Oz (soon to be a celebrated author) and editor Avraham Shapira arranged to record conversations with returning soldiers about their experiences. In these intensely candid interviews, the soldiers reveal their fears, their feelings about the enemy, and their doubts about the treatment of Arab prisoners of war and the forced evacuations of Palestinian villages. The tapes capture these young men wrestling with the question of the responsibility of the conqueror to the conquered (even when the shoe could easily have been on the other foot), the paradox of a people who fled oppression who must now oppress to preserve their security, and the still-fervent hope for a lasting peace with their Arab neighbors.

[source: George Eastman Museum website, 2016-Mar-7]