A documentary about Gaza, celebrated at Venice and condemned at home, is making its way to American theaters carrying the weight of a society's unresolved reckoning with itself. The filmmaker behind NAZA has received death threats and watched right-wing activists gather outside their family home — not as metaphor, but as lived reality. What a film means, it seems, depends entirely on where one stands when watching it, and this one has exposed a fault line deep enough to turn art into a matter of survival.
Israeli Documentary 'NAZA' About Gaza Heads to U.S. Theaters Amid Controversy
The filmmaker and their family have received death threats and calls for execution from right-wing groups in Israel.