The Law in These Parts

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The Law in These Parts
The Law in These Parts Poster.jpg
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.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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Awards
Preceded by Sundance Grand Jury Prize: World Cinema Documentary
2012 		Succeeded by


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