“In the Land of Pomegranates” – The explosive kind [MOVIE REVIEW]
Ayana Lekach (L) & Rotem Dar (R) , as seen in “In the Land of Pomegranates”, a First Run Features release. “In the Land of Pomegranates,” is a documentary that valiantly tries to give shape and form to the Palestinian-Israeli conflict in Gaza. It both succeeds and fails. Directed by Hava Kohav Beller with the excellent help of cinematographers Colin Rosin and Christoph Lerch, the bulk of this documentary highlights an idealistic, optimistic, and ultimately unrealistic program entitled “Vacation from War” where young Palestinians and their Israeli counterparts are invited to neutral ground in Germany to live together and try to have a meaningful bilateral discussion in an attempt to gain insight into their conflicting visions of life, for themselves and for their counterparts. “Vacation from War” is a program started by a German organization called the “Committee for Fundamental Rights and Democracy” based in Cologne. As noted in their mission statement, “The idea is that children and young people lose prejudice and hatred if they can come to know their so called enemies in a carefree surrounding. We try to support young people on both sides to break the escalation pattern of…
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