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  • 2015
  • Not Rated
  • Music Box Films
  • 1 h 24 m
  • 2015
  • Not Rated
  • Music Box Films
  • 1 h 24 m

Summary One week after the 1967 Six-Day War, a group of young kibbutzniks, led by renowned author Amos Oz and Editor Avraham Shapira, recorded intimate conversations with soldiers returning from the battlefield. The Israeli army censored the recordings, allowing only a fragment of the conversations to be published. Censored Voices reveals these ...

Directed By: Mor Loushy

Written By: Daniel Sivan, Ran Tal, Avraham Shapira, Mor Loushy

  • 2015
  • Not Rated
  • Music Box Films
  • 1 h 24 m
  • 2015
  • Not Rated
  • Music Box Films
  • 1 h 24 m

Censored Voices

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 11 Critic Reviews
72
User Score Generally Favorable Based on 7 User Ratings
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Summary One week after the 1967 Six-Day War, a group of young kibbutzniks, led by renowned author Amos Oz and Editor Avraham Shapira, recorded intimate conversations with soldiers returning from the battlefield. The Israeli army censored the recordings, allowing only a fragment of the conversations to be published. Censored Voices reveals these ...

Directed By: Mor Loushy

Written By: Daniel Sivan, Ran Tal, Avraham Shapira, Mor Loushy

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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 11 Critic Reviews
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18% Mixed
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0% Negative
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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 11 Critic Reviews
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82% Positive
9 Reviews
18% Mixed
2 Reviews
0% Negative
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100
Nov 19, 2015
Censored Voices is an essential documentary. Its subject is nothing less than loss of innocence, the seeds of hatred and the illusory nature of victory.
By Alan Zilberman FULL REVIEW
80
Nov 19, 2015
Oz is the best-known novelist in Israel, notorious for supporting a two-state solution. If you don't yet understand why he does, watch this film. If you're already on Oz's side, keeping the wound open might be worth it.
By Diana Clarke FULL REVIEW
80
Oct 13, 2015
Censored Voices is a reminder that glorious myths of wars and the men who fight them wither under scrutiny, in Israel and everywhere else.
By David D'Arcy FULL REVIEW
70
Nov 19, 2015
An essential amendment to the historical record, Censored Voices reminds us that no war is entirely virtuous and makes clear that, even at the time, the dangers of becoming an occupying force were evident.
By Daniel M. Gold FULL REVIEW
70
Oct 13, 2015
Expertly assembled across the board, Censored Voices tries and largely succeeds in providing a corrective to the idea that Israel’s 1967 victory was a quick and clean operation.
By Boyd van Hoeij FULL REVIEW
63
Nov 16, 2015
By negating more conventional, facts-first priorities, Mor Loushy creates an alternative historiography that's more meant to be felt than learned.
By Clayton Dillard FULL REVIEW
50
Jan 7, 2016
To be sure, Censored Voices can hardly be seen as anything but a political document, one that shares Oz’s views.
By Walter Addiego FULL REVIEW

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6.1
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14% Negative
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Production Company Made In Germany Filmproduktion, Medalia Productions, One Man Show, Rundfunk Berlin-Brandenburg (RBB), Yes Docu, ZDF/Arte, kNow Productions
Release Date Nov 20, 2015
Duration 1 h 24 m
Rating Not Rated
Genres
Tagline The Six-Day War, Uncut.
Website https://www.facebook.com/censoredvoices
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Awards

DocAviv Film Festival
• 2 Wins & 3 Nominations
Docudays UA International Documentary Human Rights Film Festival
• 1 Win & 2 Nominations
Awards of the Israeli Film Academy
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination

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