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St. Louis Jewish Light

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St. Louis Jewish Light

The Law in These Parts

Israeli film on West Bank justice wins at Sundance

JTAPublished January 29, 2012

JERUSALEM—An Israeli film on the military's legal system in the West Bank was named the best foreign documentary at the Sundance Film Festival. "The Law in These Parts," which took the World Cinema Grand Jury Prize in Documentary on Jan. 28, features...

Director John Madden (left), Jessica Chastain (center) and Sam
Worthington (right) on the set of The Debt. Photo: Laurie
Sparham

Interview with ‘The Debt’ director John Madden

By Cate Marquis, SPECIAL TO THE JEWISH LIGHTPublished August 31, 2011

The 2007 Israeli film "Ha-Hov" ("The Debt"), a drama about three Mossad agents long hailed as national heroes who in middle-age are forced to confront a long-held secret, was a gripping drama that played here at the St. Louis Jewish Film Festival. The...

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