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SUMMARY:Tantura
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DESCRIPTION:Tantura is an astute documentary which investigates controversi
 al and\ntragic war events which happened long ago in a Western Asian count
 ry.\nWhen the state of Israel was established in 1948\, war broke out and\
 nPalestinian villages saw their populations decimated. The true nature\nof
  these events still prompts heated debate: for Israelis\, it’s the\n“W
 ar of Independence\;” but to Palestinians\, it’s known as the\n“Nakb
 a\,” or the “Catastrophe.” A dark moment in Israeli\nhistory\, the N
 akba has become such a taboo topic that it’s rarely\ndiscussed. In the 1
 990s\, graduate student Teddy Katz interviewed\nhundreds of people while r
 esearching a rumored civilian massacre in\nthe village of Tantura during t
 he war. Based on his findings\, Katz\nconcluded the brutal killings did oc
 cur. After being sued for\ndefamation\, threatened\, and stripped of his a
 cademic credentials\, Katz\nlearned the state would go to great lengths to
  protect its established\nversion of events. Since then\, his hundreds of 
 hours of tapes sat in\nsilence. But decades later\, director Alon Schwarz 
 revisits the\ncontroversial recordings—this time presenting them to form
 er Israeli\nsoldiers\, scholars\, and government officials\, many of whom 
 insist the\nmassacre never happened. Tantura explores the enduring power a
 nd\npurpose of protected narratives and free speech. Taking a\nhistoriogra
 phic approach\, Schwarz examines why nations struggle to\nacknowledge prob
 lematic parts of their own history. [2022\, Israel\, 95\nmin\, in Hebrew w
 ith English subtitles\, Rating: Not Rated] Roger\nDaniels of RogerEbert.co
 m exclaims\, “Infuriating [and]\njaw-dropping.” Siman Abrams of TheWra
 p writes\, “Schwarz does a\nfine job of selectively expanding the scope 
 of Katz’s story from a\nhighly subjective he-said/they-said dispute into
  a bigger story about\ncultural amnesia.” Venue: Cinema Art Theater. Pre
 senter: Rehoboth\nBeach Film Society.
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:Tantura is an astute documentary which investi
 gates controversial and tragic war events which happened long ago in a Wes
 tern Asian country. When the state of Israel was established in 1948\, war
  broke out and Palestinian villages saw their populations decimated. The t
 rue nature of these events still prompts heated debate: for Israelis\, it
 ’s the “War of Independence\;” but to Palestinians\, it’s known as
  the “Nakba\,” or the “Catastrophe.” A dark moment in Israeli hist
 ory\, the Nakba has become such a taboo topic that it’s rarely discussed
 . In the 1990s\, graduate student Teddy Katz interviewed hundreds of peopl
 e while researching a rumored civilian massacre in the village of Tantura 
 during the war. Based on his findings\, Katz concluded the brutal killings
  did occur. After being sued for defamation\, threatened\, and stripped of
  his academic credentials\, Katz learned the state would go to great lengt
 hs to protect its established version of events. Since then\, his hundreds
  of hours of tapes sat in silence. But decades later\, director Alon Schwa
 rz revisits the controversial recordings—this time presenting them to fo
 rmer Israeli soldiers\, scholars\, and government officials\, many of whom
  insist the massacre never happened. Tantura explores the enduring power a
 nd purpose of protected narratives and free speech. Taking a historiograph
 ic approach\, Schwarz examines why nations struggle to acknowledge problem
 atic parts of their own history. [2022\, Israel\, 95 min\, in Hebrew with 
 English subtitles\, Rating: Not Rated] Roger Daniels of RogerEbert.com exc
 laims\, “Infuriating [and] jaw-dropping.” Siman Abrams of TheWrap writ
 es\, “Schwarz does a fine job of selectively expanding the scope of Katz
 ’s story from a highly subjective he-said/they-said dispute into a bigge
 r story about cultural amnesia.” Venue: Cinema Art Theater. Presenter: R
 ehoboth Beach Film Society.
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