Summary: An award-winning documentary that explores the roots of the Arab-Israeli conflict through the intertwined stories of an Israeli woman and a Palestinian man. As up-to-date today as it was when it was produced.
One of the best pieces on PRX. Why? It does not take sides, it does not preach, it does not stir up muddy waters, and it does not try and differentiate between right and wrong. It simply tells the story of a home, a tree, and two people who're attached to the place's past and future. But, wait, that's not why I think it's one of the best pieces on PRX. Its greatness comes in the way it unfolds the story, and the narrative smoothness and tone that it possesses. A great piece makes a native out of a foreigner. Don't ask me what that means, and to use Louis Armstrong's words when asked about Jazz, I'll only say, 'Man, if you have to ask, you'll never know." If a piece can put me next to the people it's portraying, as if I were actually there, or as if I felt their happiness and pain, then it's a success in my book. And I'm sticking to it.
Comments for The Lemon Tree
This piece belongs to the series "World Views"
Produced by Sandy Tolan
Other pieces by Homelands Productions
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Emon Hassan
Posted on June 13, 2006 at 07:00 PM | Permalink
Review of The Lemon Tree
One of the best pieces on PRX. Why? It does not take sides, it does not preach, it does not stir up muddy waters, and it does not try and differentiate between right and wrong. It simply tells the story of a home, a tree, and two people who're attached to the place's past and future. But, wait, that's not why I think it's one of the best pieces on PRX. Its greatness comes in the way it unfolds the story, and the narrative smoothness and tone that it possesses. A great piece makes a native out of a foreigner. Don't ask me what that means, and to use Louis Armstrong's words when asked about Jazz, I'll only say, 'Man, if you have to ask, you'll never know." If a piece can put me next to the people it's portraying, as if I were actually there, or as if I felt their happiness and pain, then it's a success in my book. And I'm sticking to it.