Undeniably gripping at times, while proving conclusively that any attempt to do an “apolitical” documentary about what happened in Israel on October 7, 2023, is inherently unworkable, Barry Avrich’s over-titled new documentary The Road Between Us: The Ultimate Rescue is designed to be controversial. And, based on responses before and after the film’s Toronto premiere , it generally succeeds.

I’d posit that there are disingenuous filmmaking choices that Avrich makes that will probably limit the doc’s ability to reach a wider audience, but those are the choices he made, which one set of viewers will find inspiring and another will find offensive. This isn’t the film that was going to bridge those gaps anyway.

Undeniably gripping at times, while proving conclusively that any attempt t

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