The British newspaper “The Guardian” published yesterday (fourth) Criticism of the documentary film “One Day in October”, which presents interviews with abductees, including Emily Hand The 9-year-old who was kidnapped alone to Gaza and returned to Israel in a hostage deal after 50 days in captivity. The article first referred to the horrors of October 7, the chaos caused by Hamas terrorists, and the heroism of those men and women who had to stand up to the terrorists and tried to protect their families.
However, the writer’s sympathy disappears later in the article: “If you want to understand why Hamas murdered civilians, however, the movie ‘One Day in October’ won’t help. The movie does a good job of demonizing the people of Gaza, first as testosterone-filled Hamas killers, and later As shameless civilian looters, emptying the kibbutz of its property while bodies are lying in the street and the frightened lives are hiding.”
“Despite this obvious evil,” the writer continued, “I am reminded of the film of Cy Endfield‘ Zulu’, in which we see nameless masses of African warriors standing in front of British heroes with whom we were encouraged to identify. Television and film narratives often act as machines to alienate the other in this way.”