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Bookmark this pagePersona Non Grata (2003)
Director: Oliver Stone
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From Time Out Film Guide
Oliver Stone's willingness to insert himself into the Arab/Israeli conflict will impress and infuriate in equal measure. He uses his celebrity as a battering ram, getting one-to-one time with a number of the major players, including Benjamin Netanyahu and Ehud Barak, spokesmen from Hamas and the Martyrs' Brigade (interviewed incognito, with guns). Admittedly there's a hole in the film where the only fleetingly glimpsed Yasser Arafat should have been. Stone takes the advice of Shimon Peres, the most tempered voice here, and leaves history behind to concentrate on the battle lines as they stand.Author: TCh
Cast & crew
Director: Oliver Stone
Producer: Fernando Sulichin
Cast: Yasser Arafat, Ehud Barak, Benjamin Netanyahu, Shimon Peres, Jasan Yosef, Oliver Stone full cast
Genre(s): Documentaries
Duration: 86 mins
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