Soldiers
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The bodies made for war
CONFLICT: As Germany switches its military apparatus more akin to the USA, it is those without opportunity and means frequently finding themselves on the frontlines.
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The anatomy of neo-nationalist misogyny
JAPAN: Miki Dezaki set out to understand why a network of powerful people find it so important to shut up the women who demand justice for the sexual labour they were coerced into during WWII.
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Turning national sentiments into business
The landmark of the WWI battle of Gallipoli in Turkey and the idolising of individual heroism has become the backbone for nationalist and populist sentiments – and for business.
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The treatment of Palestinians by the Israeli military
CONFLICT: Israeli filmmaker Avi Mograbi’s latest documentary has an unabashedly provocative thesis, juxtaposing footage of Palestinians being humiliated by Israeli guards with scenes of Jewish tourists being regaled by tales of historical struggle.
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BREAKING THE SILENCE: “The Army is our national religion”
Over the last decade, several Israeli soldiers have attempted to explain what really happens in the occupied territories. Instead of protecting Israel’s safety, it is all about expanding the control over the Palestinian areas, says Israeli Avihai Stollar from veteran association Breaking the Silence.
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Bearing witness to the younger generations
Whereas Nazi cruelties during W.W.II have received and still receive extensive coverage in German documentaries, silence has embraced the atrocities committed in Asia by the Japanese Imperial Army from 1931 to the end of WWII.
