The Law in These Parts

The Law in These Parts
Film poster
Directed by	Ra'anan Alexandrowicz
Produced by	Liran Atzmor
Written by	Ra’anan Alexandrowicz
Music by	Karni Postel
Cinematography	Shark De Mayo
Edited by	Neta Dvorkis
Running time	101 minutes[1]
Country	Israel
Language	Hebrew

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]

See also

• The Gatekeepers

References

1. "Hot Docs Film : Title : Law In These Parts". Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival.
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.

External links

• Official website
• Judging the judges - The Economist
• The Law in These Parts at the Internet Movie Database
• Subjectivity and Objectivity in Israel-Palestine - Truthout