
OnOctober18,2015,aterroristarmedwithagunandaknifeenteredabusterminalintheSouthernIsraelicityofBeersheba.Within18minutes,asoldierwaskilledandanEritreanasylumseekerwasbeatentodeath.Usingsurveillancefootageandcellphonecameras,thisrivetingfilmpresentsatense,minute-by-minute,Rashomon-styleaccountofthattragicday.Ittellsthestoryofpeoplecaughtinthewrongplaceatthewrongtimeandtheterribleresultscausedbypanic,fearandprejudice.WinneroftopprizesattheInternationalDocumentaryFilmFestivalAmsterdamandIsrael’sAcademyAwards,thisintricatelyconstructedfilmputstheviewerinanextremesituationandforcesthemtoquestiontheirownassumptions.ExecutiveproducedbyMarkBoalandMeganEllison(ZeroDarkThirty),DeathintheTerminalwasrecentlynamedoneofthe“10MostAnticipatedDocumentariesof2017”(nonfics.com).
