I saw part of a most interesting documentary the other day. Unfortunately I was not able to stay awake and watch the whole thing but I wanted to share. Here is a clip.
"Zero Degrees of Separation looks at the Middle East conflict and the Palestinian Occupation through the eyes of mixed Palestinian and Israeli gay and lesbian couples. Ezra is agains the Occupation, yet he’s and Israeli. His partner, Selim, is a Palestinian whose protests against the Occupation landed him in jail at age 15. Ezra is a simple plumber whose courage and cheek take on prophet-like proportions as he travels across the country risking his life to protest the walls, fences and military checkpoints that divide them. Interwoven with their stories is footage of Elle Flanders’ grandparents, who were intimately involved in the founding of the state of Israel. Through these home movies, Flanders artfully retraces her grandparents’ travels as they tour a fledgling nation brimming with pioneering joyous youth, immigrants, refugees and endless open vistas of the Holy Land, contrasting the ideals at the birth of the “holy land “ with the reality of today’s Israel, a country mired in the rubble of Occupation."
If I can't find it again on TV or at the library I will probably buy a copy.
edit: I have corrected misspellings
