awesome edit.

the best

Sounds like fun!

Wow! the doc came out awesome! your the best my dude keep doing your thing brother. Yo the gallery opening was incredible. 600 people came out to the opening. i met your mom & sister it was cool. Aight then see you soon.

fantastic ... beatiful initiative ... awesome works ...

Blogged it away if that's ok? kees.posterous.com/ Dutch however... ;)

great work! I LOVE IT!

The best propaganda money can buy!
:)

You know Jared, we may have some misunderstanding here: in my culture when you threaten people that you could delete their comment it's not polite.
It's the second time I leave a comment that seems you don't like and for the second time you threaten me.
If you wish, go ahead, delete my comments. What I can say is that I don't want to be offensive, but if you can't stand a different point of view it's up to you, there's nothing I can do about it.
I have wife, I am father, I have a respectable job, please don't play with me, I'm not a kid, don't make me waste my time: the reason I make an effort to comment your videos (in english not in portuguese!) is because I respect you, otherwise I wouldn't spend here my precious time. If you think it's not valuable, It's okay, I will perfectly go with my life.
Just a question: if you meet someone who respectfully tells you face to face that your film looks like a bad taste propaganda what would you do? Would you say "I don't accept different opinions than mine, I'm going to delete what you have just said, I'm going to cover my ears, I'm going to delete your mouth giving you a punch!"?
I'm a peaceful person Jared, but... are you a threatening dangerous one?

22 years ago, when I was at Fine Arts University I learned something important: I realised some of my colleagues could be great expressing themselves visually (as I sincerely think you are) but they were terrible on talking.
Just because they had nothing to say.
Do you understand my point of view? If you are an artist, it's normal if you are good in form but not that good in content. And for me that's ok! That's up to you, for me it's ok.
I just think you shoudn't try to make political films if you can't defend your films, if you're not able to have a political conversation.
Don't tell me my comments shoud be more complex, because the last time I wrote down facts (in your last film before this one) that prove how Israel is a criminal state under international law you answered... nothing! No facts at all! No knowledge at all! Don't you read about this stuff you make films about? You just commemorate the anniversary of the state of Israel without caring the way that state behaves under international law? You just don't care?
Well, please don't take me wrong, but this is a delicate subject and I think you should care for the responsability of your role as an artist.
For instance, would you make a film for Saddam Hussein? Or Stalin? Or Hitler?
If you think this last film you made is not propaganda, than please take it to a cinema in Gaza Strip. Show it there. You'll see how hurtful it is.
You said "Sderot, the target of continous missile attacks", but those attacks mean nothing compared to heavy attacks coming from Israel, using tons of bombs and forbidden ones like phosphorous bombs.
You said "children who have post traumatic stress disorder" is hurtful as well if you show this film in Gaza Strip. There, ONLY LAST YEAR, MORE THAN 400 CHILDREN DIED! Many others became cripple. 1,5 million people suffered the stress of constant daily bombing for 3 weeks, night and day, only because a political party wanted to win the elections in Israel! Children lost friends and relatives, lost their parents, got killed going and coming from school.
Don't you think palestinian children have more reasons to say they have post traumatic stress disorder?
Please Jared, go on and show this film to palestinians to hear they say how hurtful it is. In your film you show people eating good food, people on party, writing on walls prayers for their god, shaking hands of the soldiers who kill their palestinian children. You use the same technics of Joseph Goebbels to demonstrate "the power of the project on Sderot and the Israeli community at large". If this is not propaganda, what is it then?
You have done artistic films before. You should keep that way. In my opinion Jared, you shouldn't try to talk visually about this delicate stuff.
By the way, unless you are talking about North Korea, governments DO represent individuals. As far as I know, Israel is a democracy.
My last words are: if you go to my blog (dalaiama.blogspot.com/) and express an opinion different than mine I won't threaten you, I won't delete your comment. You know, I am not a weak person, I accept different opinions. Anyway, I am responsable for the blog, not for the opinions of other people, I guess they are grown enough to take that responsability for themselves. Whatever you say there I respect, because it's your saying, not mine. That's called democracy.
Otherwise, we were saying Stalin were a democrat, because he accepted other people opinions as long as they had the same as him.
I prefer to call myself a truly democrat.
After all my talking you my not believe, but I really wish you all the best. This is not a personal issue. You're a good filmmaker Jared, just keep on!

This is the part that bothers me incredibly. I am never going to defend some of the Israeli governments actions. I sincerely disagree with a lot of their decisions as do ALL of my friends who live in Israel. To say that it represents them because it is a democracy is not fair in my opinion. Do you think all of America is responsible for Bush, Cheney and the Iraq War? Am I responsible for Wall Street buying Congress and running the entire world economy into the ground? I truly don't think I can bare responsibility for that, and I don't think the people of Sderot can bare any responsibility for what has happened in Palestine. What has happened in Palestine is a tragedy of massive proportions. And it directly impacts the people of Sderot as well. I would love to make a film including the Palestinian point of view, it would surely be fantastic cinema. Unfortunately, my safety there is not guaranteed and the program itself would not be allowed because of our women members and artists who would not conform to strict Islamic laws in regards to clothing etc... Everything you mentioned about the terrible tragedy in Palestine is completely valid. However, I simply do not understand how those facts negate what has happened to the INNOCENT citizens of Sderot. These people would reminisce about their friends in Palestine and how they have not seen some of them in 10-15 years! Also, to me, you talk about these Israeli children as if they don't mean anything, as if their life is less important. I just cant agree with that. Of course Palestinian children have post traumatic stress disorder, of course they have lost friends, family and community members... there is nothing in that film that spoke against Palestine. In fact, what it does show is that there is more to the Middle East conflict besides death, hate and religious extremism. The best comments I receive relate to how interesting it was to finally see a part of the Middle East as a place people would actually understand in terms of living there. Brasilians discussing how they never knew that Israel looked modern, that the people could be non-religious and modern as well. AND yes, I anticipate that you will argue that this is unfair or unjustified because Palestinian's do not have these luxuries and therefore my film is propaganda. I would beg to argue that these are the things all Middle Eastern countries should be striving for and when one country has it, you should not wish it away from them, you should wish for it to spread. The film was also about changing the visual view of what is happening there. It needs the Palestinian view as well, it needs to show the same suffering is happening there as well, but I cannot film there in safety. And you also continue to talk about the fact that I said some people would delete your comment. I believe that some would. But I have not deleted your comment, but rather responded to it, and continue to respond because I believe in the dialogue as well. I think the approach you take on your blog is an excellent approach and comparing me to Stalin simply does not add up in my opinion.

And also, have you been to the Middle East? Facts are great but rarely do they tell the whole picture. The things that I have seen, the discussions I have had first hand, relate back to that vital understanding that there is much more going on here than the entire country of Israel is responsible for mass murder. Perhaps it is easier to think of it that way but that is too simple of an explanation. It is not a fair explanation. And to argue that I should not show Israeli suffering because Palestine has more suffering is not an opinion that I agree with. I believe they should both be shown, and I would if I could I would show the Palestinian suffering as well but I literally cant.