Imagine if, each year, Connecticut were the subject of dozens of documentaries—close looks at border disputes with Rhode Island, essays on commuters returning from their daily exile in Manhattan, polemics contrasting inner-city poverty with suburban splendor. Every year in Israel—a nation roughly the size of Connecticut—scores of documentarians train their cameras on the region's political, religious, ethnic, and social conflicts. Some of their finest works are showcased in this series by the Israeli Foundation for Cinema and Television, an organization promoting a screen image of Israel as complex as that... More >>>