The Gatekeepers (2012)

Original title

שומרי הסף

Directed by

Dror Moreh

Genre

documentary film

Country

Israel, France

Runtime

1h 41m

Rated

PG-13

Rating

6.9 of 10 from 117 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Six former heads of Israel's internal security service, Shin Bet, speak candidly about their work. The film uses interviews and archival footage to show their views on Israel's security challenges from 1967 onward.

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What happens

The Gatekeepers (Hebrew: שומרי הסף, romanized: Shomrei HaSaf) is a 2012 internationally co-produced documentary film by director Dror Moreh that tells the story of the Israeli internal security service, Shin Bet (known in Hebrew as 'Shabak'), from the perspective of six of its former heads. The film combines in-depth interviews, archival footage, and computer animation to recount the role that the group played in Israel's security from the Six-Day War to the present. The film was nominated for Best Documentary Feature at the 85th Academy Awards. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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