
Shortly after the Six-Day War in 1967, Danae Elon's highly educated parents, noted Israeli author Amos Elon, and former correspondent and literary agent Beth Elon, hired a Palestinian man named Musa, the father of eleven children, to take care of their six month old daughter on a daily basis. It was a job he would continue for the next twenty years until she was grown and he was able to save enough money to send all eight of his sons to America for education and career opport... (Full plot summary below)
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Shortly after the Six-Day War in 1967, Danae Elon's highly educated parents, noted Israeli author Amos Elon, and former correspondent and literary agent Beth Elon, hired a Palestinian man named Musa, the father of eleven children, to take care of their six month old daughter on a daily basis. It was a job he would continue for the next twenty years until she was grown and he was able to save enough money to send all eight of his sons to America for education and career opportunities. The last time Danae saw Musa, in 1991, he proudly showed her the house he constructed in the Palestinian village of Battir. Then, against the mounting tensions of the Israeli occupation and the Palestinian Intifada, the two families lost track of each other. During that time Danae began to realize how much of an influence Musa had on her life and sought to reconnect with him. Her quest led her from her home in New York to Paterson, New Jersey, then to Battir in the occupied territories, and back to her birthplace in Jerusalem. As they carefully break the silence, the encounters between Danae and Musa's sons, and eventually Musa himself, bring to the surface an emotionally complex story that is ultimately heartwarming and optimistic.
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| Christian Science MonitorDavid SterrittIt's unlikely there will ever be a more moving portrait of the shared selfhood, usually veiled by politics, common to the Palestinian and Israeli peoples. |
| Los Angeles TimesKevin CrustAn amazing achievement of personal filmmaking. |
| South Florida Sun-SentinelLaura KellyIt's a documentary of Upstairs Downstairs dimension. |
| New York TimesJeannette CatsoulisMoving and ultimately hopeful, Another Road Home makes no effort to soften or simplify its prickly themes. |
| Hollywood Report CardRoss AnthonyThough, at times a bit incomplete, this documentary is still quite endearing, engaging and extremely educational in matters of politics and heart. |
| Detroit NewsTom LongThe man at its heart is a 76-year-old Palestinian named Musa, and if he and we are never quite sure what the movie is truly about it's still a pleasure to make his acquaintance. |
| Seattle Post-IntelligencerBill WhiteAmounts to little more than pictures from a family album. |
| Arkansas Democrat-GazettePhilip Martin... a film that handles tragic ironies lightly and offers simple hope in lieu of policy prescriptions. |
| Los Angeles Daily NewsGlenn WhippElon shines a light on Israeli-Palestinian relations in ways that are profound, human and hopeful. |
| L.A. WeeklyElla TaylorDeftly folded into the extraordinary documentary Another Road Home are an official story and an unofficial one, each with its own calculus of love and pain, braided together with uncommon delicacy and courage. |