Walls...

Mur (Wall) / Simone Bitton (2004). Documentary. Bitton, a Jewish film maker from France, also considers herself a Palestinian. The subject of her documentary is the security fence that Israel is putting up (contemporary to the film) to close off its borders. Bitton interviews the General in charge of the construction. The man is abrupt and borders on rude as he answers her questions, but is the only person in the film who says outright that the wall will stop suicide bombers and therefore is worth whatever other hardship it causes. Most of the rest of her time is spent with both Palestinian and Jewish residents who live along the construction route. Local residents of all persuasions who reside under its influence seem to be against it. The film ends with a long sequence showing Palestinians climbing over and through on their daily commute to work on the Israeli side.