Thursday 20 March 2014

The Gatekeepers
Dir: Dror Moreh
2012
*****
The Gatekeepers is a candid talking heads style documentary that interviews all the surviving former heads of Shin Bet, the Israeli security agency. The level of honesty was unexpected, the sincerity of regret was a surprise and the overall message that Shin Bet didn't work was a real revelation. One of the heads said that he and most of the others had left Shin Bet as 'converted Lefties', I nearly fell off my chair. This makes for some compelling watching, indeed, the world could do with watching this. If you want to what tragedy really is, watch The Gatekeepers and then discuss globally so we can sort this mess out with understanding and intelligence.

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