ajami

Just saw the award nominated movie Ajami at the dizengoff lev theatres with a few friends. Exhausting to watch and the ending left me feeling like I was hit by a sac of bricks. What an absolutely disturbing movie. gritty and real, I recognized most of the places in the film and the dynamics felt familiar. It read like a treatise on the cycles of violence and racism and was underscored by the differences we demonstrate in how life is valued. Why do we mourn one child more so than another and how do we prevent futility from taking over? It was filmed in time disjointed skips and with a camera style that allowed us to feel in the moment absolutely.