States of UnBelonging (2006)

The core of this haunting meditation on war land the Bible and filmmaking is a portrait of Revital Ohayon an Israeli filmmaker and mother killed near the West Bank Director Lynne Sachs creates a film on the violence of the Middle East by exchanging letters with an Israeli friend Together they reveal Revitals story through her films news reports and interviews culminating in heartbreaking footage of children discussing the violence theyve witnessed Without taking sides or casting blame the film becomes a cineessay on fear and filmmaking tragedy and transformation violence and the land of IsraelPalestine