“We don’t see things as they are, we see them as we are,” goes author Anaïs Nin’s frequently cited quote on human subjectivity. However overused, few summations could articulate the idea at the heart ...

“To suffer is one thing; another thing is to live with the photographed images of suffering, which does not necessarily strengthen conscience and the ability to be compassionate… Images transfix.

Ra’anan Alexandrowicz claims he was not conducting an experiment while filming “The Viewing Booth.” The Israeli writer and director is known for his critical views of Israel, with his portfolio ...

(JTA) — A Jewish college student sits alone in a dark room watching a series of short videos. They are filmed altercations from the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, often violent, with some showing ...

The line separating documentary from propaganda is often blurred as filmmakers’ biases inevitably seep into their films’ narratives, obfuscating the subjects in lieu of the artists’ political ...

The camera phone made everyone a documentarian. For the disenfranchised, this transformation was born of urgency. Armed with nothing more than a basic smartphone, people all over the world now have ...

Provocative in its cinematic simplicity, THE VIEWING BOOTH recounts an encounter between a filmmaker and a viewer, exploring the way meaning is attributed to non-fiction images in today's day and age.

Of all the abductions, this one is different.

Ra’anan Alexandrowicz's experimental documentary on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict provocatively inspects how the truth can be in the eye of the beholder. “We don’t see things as they are, we see ...