The Viewing Booth

The Viewing Booth (2020)

Provocative in its cinematic simplicity, THE VIEWING BOOTH recounts an encounter between a filmmaker and a viewer, exploring the way meaning is attributed to non-fiction images in today's day and age.

Date of release
2020-09-23
TMDB
9.0 / 10 (1)
Runtime
1h 10m
Genres
Documentary
Director
Ra'anan Alexandrowicz

Casting

Interesting facts

The Viewing Booth is a 2019 documentary film directed, co-produced and co-edited by Ra'anan Alexandrowicz. An international co-production of Israel and the United States, the film features a Jewish American college student named Maia Levy. Levy, a staunch supporter of Israel, is shown videos depicting Palestinian life under Israeli military rule in the West Bank, causing her to contemplate her worldview and her beliefs about the Israeli–Palestinian conflict.

Production

In 2017, director Ra'anan Alexandrowicz put out an open call at Temple University for participants in what would become The Viewing Booth. Seven people responded, along with Jewish American student Maia Levy, who texted Alexandrowicz that she was interested in participating. One of the original respondents was unable to participate, and so Levy took their place. Alexandrowicz stated that "Maia's politics are radically different from mine.

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