Holy Land: A Year in the West Bank

There is no shortage of powerful documentaries about the Palestinian-Israeli conflict in the West Bank: it is a subject rife with drama, emotion, history, violence, religious conviction, and persecution. Director Cohn is the latest to pick up a camera to capture what it is like to live in this unique place. He here attempts to give voice to both sides of the proverbial coin, as we are taken into the worlds of illegal Israeli settler outposts and the Palestinians who fight to stop the encroachment onto their land. This often leads to rock-throwing protesters, heavily armed soldiers firing tear gas into crowds, and Israeli citizens patrolling fortress settlements that edge Palestinian villages. Do not expect to find clarity on the complex issues on display in Holy Land, as both Palestinians and Israelis make passionate claims of being in the right.