Origin: Israel USA | Documentary | Director: Michal Aviad | 80 minutes

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The Women Next Door

Michal Aviad Israel/USA, 1992, 80 minutes, Color, 16mm/DVD, Subtitled

The Women next door is a thoughtful and emotive documentary about women in
the Palestinian-Israeli conflict. Israeli director Michal Aviad was living
in the United States when the Intifada broke out in the West Bank and Gaza.
Filled with questions about how the Occupation affected women on both sides
of the conflict she set off in a journey through Israel and the Occupied
Territories with two other women -- a Palestinian assistant director and an
Israeli cinematographer. The film explores the roles that the Occupation
designated for women on both sides and the questions it raises. In a world
of occupation, what is the meaning of femininity, motherhood, birth,
violence, compassion and solidarity between women? Can the womanhood of
Israelis and Palestinians be separated from their political reality? The
women next door are the women on either side of the border, as well as,
those who face the camera and those who stand behind it. THE WOMEN NEXT
DOOR provides a unique perspective on women's lives in the Middle East and
the critical part they play in rebuilding societies ravaged by war.