Unit 3 Intro/Conclusion Revison

The Deadly Dance of Neutrality

Inch’Allah 2012 by Anaïs Barbeau-Lavalette is a powerful film which covers the topic of the Israeli Palestinian conflict with the use of a foreign character that dances between the lines of neutrality. Film directors and writers often make their work about modern day issues with storytelling and artistic symbolism. Inch’Allah is no different as a western, Canadian director shows the viewer both the hardships and how grey the lines truly are in this issue within the Middle East. With Another Voice, a blog written by Palestinian and Israeli women within the conflict give the viewer the opportunity to improve their perspective on such a faraway dispute. Both the film and text shows how convoluted the Palestinian-Israeli conflict is and how it snatches up all who live there into one side or the other with Chloe, an innocuous foreign doctor turning terrorist as the prime example.

With an improved education on the severity of issues within Israel there’s no surprise that a woman such as Chloe could get caught up in a series of terrible incidents. The film shows through this individual that there is no side without wrong doings. The Israeli faction seems to be lacking a proper screening process for their soldiers along with a lack of a mercy. The Palestinian side seems resort to organized violence when tragedy occurs instead of trying their few other alternatives. With the end result of the product of both of those sides being Chloe, a seemingly innocent woman becoming not only a terrorist but a deliverer of Rand’s tools for her own death; it is clear the movie calls for change to this conflict. As stated by the anonymous authors of Another Voice, a peaceful solution is the only way to avoid more of these real life Rands and Chloes from being swept up into this seemingly never ending conflict.

The old intro and conclusion:

Inch’Allah 2012 by Anaïs Barbeau-Lavalette is a powerful film which covers the topic of the Israeli Palestinian conflict with the use of a foreign character that dances between the lines of neutrality. Film directors and writers often make their work about modern day issues with storytelling and artistic symbolism. Inch’Allah is no different as a western, Canadian director shows the viewer the hardships and how grey the lines truly are in this unfortunate issue within the Middle East. With Another Voice, a blog written by Palestinian and Israeli women within the conflict give the viewer the opportunity to improve their perspective on such a faraway dispute.

Another Voice is a remarkable blog for understanding the film Inch’Allah mostly due to the fact they’re both about the ongoing conflict and issues in Israel and Palestine. As films stem from ideas and most ideas stem from a part of a reality somewhere, a non-fictional text can help us understand a reality we’re not part of. Not only does the text understand the reality of the situation, but the actual people within the conflict. A text, specifically a blog allows a greater deal of humanization along with a unique series of perspectives due to the multiple authors. With greater understanding of a subject through an outside source, especially a non-fictional one it allows our interpretation changes due to a higher education on the subject. Looking at something in a more three dimensional way allows a greater deal of content to be seen. With more perspectives and knowledge, one’s analysis and observations can become that much more astute and powerful.