Letter to a Refusing Pilot

Taking a cue from Albert Camus’ epistolary essay, Letters to a German Friend, Zaatari conducts an investigation on an act of resistance (or forbearance) that marked his childhood: the refusal of an Israeli pilot to bomb a boys’ high school. This elegant and multi-layered film combines personal and archival documents laced with both enchantment and fear, humanizing a personal gesture in the face of a greater conflict.