The Law in These Parts
Film poster
Directed byRa'anan Alexandrowicz
Written byRa’anan Alexandrowicz
Produced byLiran Atzmor
CinematographyShark De Mayo
Edited byNeta Dvorkis
Music byKarni Postel
Release date
  • 2011 (2011)
Running time
101 minutes[1]
CountryIsrael
LanguageHebrew

The Law in These Parts (Hebrew: שלטון החוק) is a 2011 Israeli documentary film, written and directed by Ra'anan Alexandrowicz, about the court system operated by the Israel Defense Forces in the West Bank.[2] It won the Best Documentary award at the 2011 Jerusalem Film Festival and the World Cinema Grand Jury Prize in Documentary at the 2012 Sundance Film Festival.[3] At the Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival, The Law in These Parts won the "Special Jury Prize – International Feature".[4]

The documentary is divided into five chapters and reviews the legal history of Israel's occupation of Arab territories. Alexandrowicz interviews a number of the judges who were responsible for carrying out the orders of military commanders. Only judges who presided over occupation-related cases are interviewed; as Alexandrowicz noted, “This film is not about the people who broke the law. It’s about the people who wrote the law.”[5]

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References

  1. ↑ "Hot Docs Film : Title : Law In These Parts". Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival. Archived from the original on 2012-04-25.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  2. ↑ Smith, Ian Hayden (2012). International Film Guide 2012. p. 150. ISBN 978-1908215017.
  3. ↑ Israeli documentary on West Bank legal system wins prestigious Sundance prize Haaretz, 29 January 2012
  4. ↑ "2012 Awards". Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival. Retrieved 2016-08-03.
  5. ↑ Quoted in Matt Goldberg, Review of The Law in These Parts Collider.com, 24 January 2012.


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