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The Law in These Parts

Date

Feb 10 2016

Time

12:00 pm - 1:00 pm

Location

Forum for Scholars and Publics

011 Old Chemistry Building, Duke's West Campus Quad

The Law in These Parts

The Law in These Parts

A Discussion with Ra’anan Alexandrowicz

Israeli film director and screenwriter Ra’anan Alexandrowicz comes to Duke to discuss his award-winning film, The Law in These Parts, a documentary that sheds new light on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict from an unexpected perspective. Alexandrowicz interviewed nine military judges in attempt to understand how Israel created a new legal system to control the Gaza Strip and West Bank after occupying them in 1967. Alexandrowicz will discuss, and foster discussion, about the questions his documentary raises: Can an occupation be achieved within a legal framework that includes genuine adherence to the principles of rule-of-law? Should it? What are the costs that a society engaged in such a long term exercise must bear? And what are the implications of the very effort to make a documentary film about such a system?

Free and open to the public. Light lunch served. Co-sponsored by the Center for Jewish Studies and the Forum for Scholars and Publics.

Speakers

Ra’anan Alexandrowicz

Ra'anan Alexandrowicz was born and raised in Jerusalem, and graduated from the Sam Spiegel School of Cinema and Television. Following his studies he moved to Tel Aviv, and made the documentary film "Martin" (1999), which won the Wolgin Prize at the Jerusalem Film Festival. It portrayed the story of an…...

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The Law in These Parts

The Law in These Parts

A Discussion with Ra’anan Alexandrowicz

Israeli film director and screenwriter Ra’anan Alexandrowicz comes to Duke to discuss his award-winning film, The Law in These Parts, a documentary that sheds new light on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict from an unexpected perspective. Alexandrowicz interviewed nine military judges in attempt to understand how Israel created a new legal system to control the Gaza Strip and West Bank after occupying them in 1967. Alexandrowicz will discuss, and foster discussion, about the questions his documentary raises: Can an occupation be achieved within a legal framework that includes genuine adherence to the principles of rule-of-law? Should it? What are the costs that a society engaged in such a long term exercise must bear? And what are the implications of the very effort to make a documentary film about such a system?

Free and open to the public. Light lunch served. Co-sponsored by the Center for Jewish Studies and the Forum for Scholars and Publics.

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