Louis Theroux shares sobering reflection after success of BBC Settlers documentary

Louis Theroux shares sobering reflection after success of BBC Settlers documentary

Documentarian said the film is a warning about ‘where society may be going in countries across the west’

I was in the BBC documentary 'The Settlers.' This is the part of my story they didn't tell.

I met Louis Theroux to share my story as a Palestinian under the constant threat of displacement. While the film is an important look into the Israeli settlers trying to erase us, there is one crucial part of our story that was left out. The BBC documentary The Settlers, directed by Josh Baker and written by Louis Theroux, has recently aired to much international attention. It aims to give Western viewers an inside look into the minds of Israeli…

The BBC Documentary That Paints Every Israeli as an Extremist

Louis Theroux first visited the West Bank in 2011 to film a documentary titled Louis and the Ultra-Zionists, part of his long-running series for the BBC. Back then, he at least seemed to possess a trace of journalistic curiosity. Even the title signaled a degree of editorial caution — framing his subjects as a small, ideological

'BBC's The Settlers is Louis Theroux at his best showing humanity at its worst' - The Mirror

Documentary-maker Louis Theroux takes the divisive Israeli settlements in Palestine as his subject. Amnesty International describe the crisis as a 'genocide', while an interviewee in The Settlers says it is 'normal'

What Louis Theroux gets wrong about the West Bank

The settlers are engrained in Israeli society, but the BBC cast them as radical outliers.

Activists protest outside BBC offices in London over 'hiding genocide'

Protesters criticize broadcaster for 'shielding Israel from accountability by continuing to suppress the realities of its genocidal violence against Palestinians' - Anadolu Ajansı