The subtitle of "Six Days" a documentary that opened yesterday at the Quad Cinema in New York, is June 1967: The War that Changed the Middle East. Directed by Israeli émigré Ilan Ziv, it generally follows the formula of PBS Frontline shows or the History Channel. Striving for a neutral approach that avoids any hint of editorializing until the final 20 minutes, it concludes with a devastating look at the impact of Israel's blitzkrieg victory in 1967 - leaving no doubt about the director's progressive intentions.

Ziv was the founder of Icarus Films in New York City, which later merged with First Run, another like-minded distribution company. Over the years I have reviewed a number of their excellent films, including most recently "The Angry Monk", a film about Tibet that debunks the "spiritualist" hype associated with the Dalai Lama. Ziv stepped down from Icarus in 1980 in order to devote himself full-time to documentary film making. To give you a sense of where he is coming from politically, he made "Shrine Under Siege" in 1985, an attack on Jewish and Christian fundamentalist efforts to destroy the Dome of the Rock, Islam's third holiest shrine, and to build a new Jewish temple in its place.



Part 1: http://www.guba.com/watch/3000066877?durat...pp=40&query
Part 2: http://www.guba.com/watch/3000066943?durat...pp=40&query
Part 3: http://www.guba.com/watch/3000067031?durat...pp=40&query
Part 4: http://www.guba.com/watch/3000067074?durat...pp=40&query

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