‘NAZA’ Trailer Reveals Harrowing Look at Gaza Documentary: “Whatever We Do, They Deserve It”
- The trailer for 'NAZA' dropped Friday morning, offering audiences a glimpse of the documentary from directors Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor exploring systems behind mass killings in Gaza. The film opens in New York City at the IFC Center on September 30.
- Directors Abraham and Szor interviewed 24 Israeli soldiers over three years to examine the systems behind the mass killing of Palestinian civilians in Gaza, stating they felt obligated to use their position as Israeli filmmakers and journalists.
- Produced by The Guardian, JW Films, and MK2, the film won the Special Jury Prize at the Venice Film Festival. It builds on investigative reporting by The Guardian, +972 Magazine, and Local Call published between 2023 and 2025.
- Israeli Culture Minister Miki Zohar moved to revoke the citizenship of Abraham and Szor following the film's announcement. The directors stated that government threats and death threats would not stop them from sharing the documentary globally.
- 'NAZA' will screen in more than 50 territories, with theatrical expansion to Los Angeles on October 9. The film will subsequently be available free to global audiences via The Guardian website in late November.
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The launch of Israel ' s first promotional film documentary Noza (NAZA) gave rise to considerable controversy in Israel, after providing anonymous testimonies to 24 soldiers and elements of Israeli intelligence on targeting operations in the Gaza Strip, and accompanying advance estimates of civilian casualties.
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In ‘NAZA,’ Israeli whistleblowers’ revelations about civilian deaths in Gaza reflect a longer history of Palestinian isolation
'NAZA' filmmakers Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor conducted interviews with anonymous members of Israeli military and intelligence services from the rooftops of Tel Aviv, Israel. Gil Cohen-Magen/AFP via Getty ImagesThere’s a powerful scene in Moroccan-French-Israeli filmmaker Simone Bitton’s 2004 documentary “Wall,” which tells the story of the construction of the West Bank barrier, a 448-mile – or 721-kilometer – network of walls and fences divid…
NAZA trailer takes to Tel Aviv rooftops for unprecedented view of mass killing
After facing life-threatening blowback for their previous film, No Other Land, which saw members of the four-person filmmaking team kidnapped by Israeli soldiers, directors Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor return home for an unprecedented view of Israel’s Gaza genocide. NAZA, the new film from Abraham and Szor, is a collection of interviews with Israeli whistleblowers from the military and intelligence community. Shot from the rooftops of Tel Aviv …
Yuval Abraham's and Rachel Szor's award-winning film at the Venice Mostra will be released in France on an exceptional visa, before a free online broadcast.
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