Israeli documentary on West Bank legal system wins prestigious Sundance prize

29.01.2012                      05.Schwat. 5772

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Israeli documentary on West Bank legal system wins prestigious Sundance prize

The Law in These Parts by Ra’anan Alexandrowicz, which deals with the IDF's court system, wins the film festival's World Cinema Grand Jury Prize in Documentary.

An Israeli documentary film won the best foreign documentary category in the prestigious Sundance Film Festival on Saturday, hardly a week after an Israeli feature film was named as an Academy Award nominee.
The film, The Law in These Parts (Shilton Ha Chok), was directed by Israeli Ra’anan Alexandrowicz, and is comprised of a series of interviews with former Israel Defense Forces legal officials in charge of the army's judicial system in the West Bank….