A Must-See Regardless If One Supports Or Despises Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu
Cinematic tour de force. A mesmerizing investigative documentary. Blew this journalism professor-author-investigative-reporter’s mind. I can’t recall ever seeing a documentary movie that caused such a visceral, thermonuclear wallop regarding a relentless pursuit of truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth. Can’t imagine it not blowing the minds of many others.
Doesn’t matter whether potential members of audiences support or don’t support Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Or want or don’t want him convicted of the crimes he’s been indicted on. This is a must-see, ever there was one. Consider the film teaser below as a tip of the iceberg.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu
Some primary filmmakers and cast members.
A Succinct Synoptic Narrative About THE BIBI FILES Wouldn’t Hurt
This reviewer was surprised how THE BIBI FILES can cause one to reminiscence about what is happening politically in America. This is an evocative type documentary, that is a film that uses visual representation and descriptive language to create a strong emotional response in the audience as well as provide clarification, context and more, helping viewers connect with characters, themes, and understand the motive of filmmakers for a complex story.
THE BIBI FILES is fueled by leaked Israeli police interrogation video tapes of Israeli premier Benjamin Netanyahu, indicted on charges of committing crimes of bribery, fraud and breach of trust and is currently standing trial. Footage of the interrogations plus reportage footage by THE BIBI FILES filmmakers, which includes archival photography, plus commentary, voiceovers, and talking heads result in awesome story telling. The film includes footage of interrogations of wealthy associates and friends as well as Netanyahu’s wife and son. There are scenes of wealth associates admitting that they were complicit.
The film weaves together Netanyahu’s rise to power with his legal entanglements going back as far as 1997. The interrogation videos were leaked to Alex Gibney, a film producer around the spring of 2023 who subsequently contacted veteran filmmaker Alexis Bloom (who has directed Divide and Conquer: The Story of Roger Ailes and also produced We Steal Secrets: The Story of WikiLeaks.) and made her an officer she couldn’t refuse.
The film is banned from being shown in Israel because of the country’s privacy laws.
The essence of the movie is that Netanyahu’s corruption is unceasing, that he is trying to evade criminal charges against him as well as the blame, accountability and responsibility for the Israeli government’s incredible failure to protect its people from the mass murdering and slaughtering by Hamas in that terroristic organization’s October 7, 2023 attack.
Netanyahu needs to stay in power to avoid the ramifications of the Hamas attack: “The war,” according to one cast member in the documentary, “became another instrument to stay in power.” Netanyahu, the Likud Party leader, has stated that the judicial reform legislation does not affect his criminal case, and maintains that the Gaza war is prolonged only by the effort to eliminate Hamas as a threat. The film blows big holes in those comments.
Publisher, Editor Gregg W. Morris