Thursday, January 28, 2010

Reaction to Peace, Propaganda, and the Promised Land

Never in my twenty-one years have I heard, read, or watched something about the Palestinian/Israeli conflict from a non-Israeli sympathetic point of view - until this film. Peace, Propaganda, and the Promised Land was definitely low budget and without special effects, but the writing was professional and obviously well edited. The commentators were credible. Noam Chomsky is an acclaimed writer with many books on his resume, and I was impressed by his taking part in the film. Also noted, there were commentators both Israeli and Palestinian, Jewish and Muslim. After watching the film, I was inspired to research the topic more thoroughly. The film is unmistakably one sided, so watching objectively was hard to do. Next post will be on my research findings!