Shay Hazkani | The Soldiers's Opinion | Screening
Shay Hazkani | The Soldiers's Opinion | Screening
A special screening of “The Soldier’s Opinion,” a documentary film by Assaf Banitt and Shay Hazkani.
The screening will be followed by a panel discussion with the filmmakers, moderated by Eric Zakim, director of the Cinema and Media Studies Program at UMD.
Open to the UMD community and the general public.
The Soldier’s Opinion
Israel 2022 | 57 minutes
From 1948 onward, the Israeli military censorship examined soldiers’ letters under the guise of preventing the disclosure of military secrets. But unknown to soldiers was a secret apparatus which copied their letters and stored them. The purpose was to analyze the views of ordinary soldiers, and the findings were presented to high-ranking officials in a top secret report titled “The Soldier’s Opinion.”