“…a vivid portrait of the war as it was lived by those who fought in it. In the tradition of soldier’s-eye narratives like “A Farewell to Arms” and “The Red Badge of Courage,” the movie allows the soldiers to depict themselves as confused, selfishly afraid, often stupefied by the sight of death and dying, and morally troubled when they encounter the enemy as fellow humans.” (Haaretz)
Mor Loushy’s superb Censored Voices snagged the 2015 Israeli Academy Award for Best Documentary. This candid, shattering documentary is based on renowned Israeli author Amos Oz and editor Avraham Shapira’s revelatory 1967 audio interviews with Israeli soldiers one week after their return from the Six-Day War. At a moment in history in which some believe Israel turned from David to Goliath, the soldiers expressed mixed feelings, and worse, which clashed with the accepted narrative. The Israeli army censored the conversations, allowing only a fragment of them to be released. Censored Voices reveals the complete original recordings for the very first time. A shocking and profound re-examination of Israeli history—a film not to be missed.