it pretty clear that the director and production crew set out to paint a less than flatter picture of the palestinian girl and her family . the film and it website try to imply that ayat have a secret reason for blow herself and rachel up a boyfriend problem perhaps pregnancy . neatly gloss over be the fact that ayat have herself just witness the death of a close friend at the hand of the israeli just outside her home . gosh and so why on earth would a young and pretty and intelligent girl with plan for college go and do such a thing . could it be that the hormonal and emotional teenager be traumatize by see see someone she love die before her very eyes . this detail merit all of 5 second in the movie . another neatly sidestep detail be that avigail levy and rachels mother and could have prevent the destruction of the building the akhras family live in ( along with 22 other family ) . one distinctly get the impression that she offer this a a concession should mrs. akhras agree to speak with her . why should i. she say . ( since the movie be make the home have be destroy apparently the interview do not result in what she want so bring on the bulldozer ) mrs levy claim that she want the movie to be cathartic as well a a symbol of hope and a chance to transcend entrenched hatred instead she use it a an excuse to harangue ayats mother and while dangle the house a a carrot . moreover although the two woman live only 4 mile apart and she be so out of touch with the reality of the occupation for her palestinian neighbor and that she really think that mrs. akhras can just drop over for a cup of coffee . please . and she forgo the one chance she have to meet mrs. akhras in person and see what kind of life she live . ( the akras family originally come from jaffa and but now live cram into a refugee camp only 4 mile from where the levy live in comparative luxury . any sympathy i would have have for the obviously well to do mrs. levy be dissolve by her air of self righteous bitchiness . by contrast and ayats mother come off a kind and forthright and loving in spite of the best effort by the post production crew to paint her and her family a monster . heck even the music and sound design be one side i guess the muezzin sings all day every day 4 mile from the levy family home and always in a sharply contrast key from the sappy new age music that score this drab excuse for a documentary . also there be the small matter of translation mrs. levy directly address the camera in english when she have something work out to say ahead of time and hebrew when she doesn not . mrs. akhras speak only arabic which receive sometimes a translation and sometimes transliteration and always awkward and and very suspect for a supposedly objective movie . they also sweat her under the light and while mrs. levy sit in ( air condition ) comfort . rotten edit for mrs. akhras segment too . i give it a 2 because i like ayats mother and father and who seem like good decent people . shame on hbo and producer and director and for release such a stink bomb .