WAR AND PEACE INSTITUTE: POSSIBLE FILMS
The A List
Act Of Killing
(2013):
Already slated as our first film, it revisits the Indonesian mass killings of
the mid-1960s.
Dan's Comments (9): I am very interested in this film and think that our audience will be powerfully affected by it.
A. O. Scott, "Mass Murder?: Gee, That Was Fun," New York Times, July 18, 2013.
Linda Barnard, "The Act Of Killing Will Take Your Breath Away," Toronto Star, July 18, 2013.
Mark Kermode, "The Act Of Killing -- Review," Observer, June 30, 2013.
Kill Team
(2013):
Dan's Comments (7): I want to learn more about this documentary but think we should place it near the top of our to-be-considered list.
Ronnie Scheib, "Tribeca Film Review: 'The Kill Team,'" Variety (April 21, 2013).
The B List
Defiant Requiem
(2012):
Dan's Comments (6): We may want only one of Defiant Requieum, Hitler's Children or the Gatekeepers as one of our four scheduled in-year films. This would be a worthy choice.
Links to reviews from the documentary web-site.
Dirty Wars
(2013):
Dan's Comments (6): An intriguing possibility, but its producers have not been very receptive to Anne's appeals.
Katherine Monk, "Movie Review: Dirty Wars," Ottawa Citizen, August 23, 2013.
Stephen Holden, "From The Front Lines, If You Can See Them," New York Times, June 6, 2013.
Ella Taylor, "Covert Conflicts, Decried In 'Dirty Wars,'" NPR, June 6, 2013.
Lesson Plan -- The
Story Of The Third Wave (2011):
A retrospective look back 40 years later at one Palo Alto school's experiment
with fascism.
Torturing
Democracy (2008):
Hannah
Arendt (2012):
War Witch
(2012):
Dan's Comments (8): An award-winning Canadian production filmed in the Congo. I have ordered a copy for review.
Michael O'Sullivan, "'War Witch' Movie Review," Washington Post, March 22, 2013.
"'War Witch' Reflects A Brutal World In A Child's Eyes," USA Today, March 14, 2013.
Stephen Holden, "Atrocities, Through A Child's Eyes," New York Times, February 28, 2013.
Linda Barnard, "Rebelle Review: Portrait Of A Child Soldier," Toronto Star, September 20, 2012.
Hitler's Children
(2011):
Dan's Comments (7): I am very interested in this documentary and have ordered a copy for review.
Marshall Fine, "Movie Review: Hitler's Children," Huffington Post, April 12, 2013.
Noah Berlatsky, "The Descendants Of Murderers," Atlantic (February 15, 2013).
Jeannette Catsoulis, "When Dad's A Nazi Monster, How Do You Cope?," New York Times, November 25, 2012.
A People Uncounted
(2011):
Dan's Comments (7): A recent Canadian documentary that frames contemporary Roma marginalization against the backdrop of history.
"Review: A People Uncounted," Toronto Film Scene (August 2, 2013).
Dave McGinn, "A People Uncounted: A Myth-Dispelling Look At Gypsy Culture," Globe And Mail, August 2, 2013.
Waltz With Bashir
(2008):
Dan's Comments (7): I think very highly of this graphic comic re-telling of one Israeli's involvement in the 1982 Lebanon war. We may want to consider it for one of our common Wednesday sessions.
A. O. Scott, "Inside A Veteran's Nightmare," New York Times, December 25, 2008.
Peter Bradshaw, "Film Review: Waltz With Bashir," Guardian, November 21, 2008.
Gatekeepers
(2012):
Dan's Comments (7): Blunt commentary and criticism from the centre of the Israeli security establishment. I have ordered a copy for review.
Peter Howell, "The Gatekeepers Review: A Dark Monolith Crumbles," Toronto Star, February 28, 2013.
David Denby, "'The Gatekeepers,'" New Yorker (November 29, 2012).
A. O. Scott, "Six Israeli Spymasters On A Shadowy Past And A Dark Future," New York Times, November 25, 2012.
On The Bridge
(2011):
Dan's Comments (?): Could be a dark horse. I would like to learn more about this film.
Project (2013): Profiles the Puntland Maritime Police Force, mercenary pirate hunters off the coast of Somalia.
Dan's Comments (?): I want to learn more about this film.
Desert
Of Forbidden Art
(2011):
Dan's Comments (7): A very intriguing dark horse that should be seriously considered as one of our selections.
Links to reviews from the documentary web-site.