The Law in These Parts
Short film Completed 2012
Director
Ra'anan Alexandrowicz
Doc Society helped with
Impact
Runtime: 101 minutes
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The Law In These Parts explores this unprecedented and little-known story through testimonies of the military legal professionals who were the architects of the system and helped run it in its formative years. The film attempts to ask some crucial questions that are often skirted or avoided: Can such an occupation be achieved within a legal framework that includes genuine adherence to the principles of rule-of-law? Should it? What are the costs that a society engaged in such a long term exercise must bear? And what are the implications of the very effort to make a documentary film about such a system?
Outreach Work Supported
Outreach to educators and legal professionals, and creation of online educational resources around the themes of the film.
Crew
Ra'anan Alexandrowicz
Director
Ra’anan Alexandrowicz (writer, researcher, director) carved name recognition as writer and director of award-winning films such as the full-length feature James’ Journey to Jerusalem (Director’s Fortnight, Cannes 2003, Toronto 2003), and the documentaries The Inner Tour (Berlin 2001, Sundance 2001), and Martin (Berlin 1999, New Directors, New Films 1999, MoMA permanent collection). Ra'anan's critically-acclaimed works have been theatrically-released to international audiences and broadcast worldwide.
