POV · SEASON 21
9 Star Hotel
Episode 5 · 2008-07-22

- Documentary
Episode overview
A group of young Palestinian men work illegally as construction laborers in the Israeli city of Modi'in. Caught between Israeli security laws and a Palestinian Authority they see as having failed them, they work for Israeli contractors by day while hiding from police by night. Like youths everywhere, they pass their idle hours talking about love, marriage and future hopes. Israeli filmmaker Ido Haar has crafted a powerful vérité film that illuminates the plight of young men questioning their own culture while struggling to survive in the midst of bitter conflict.
60 minutes
Season 21 episodes
1. Traces of the Trade: A Story From the Deep North2008-06-24
2. Election Day2008-07-01
3. The Ballad of Esequiel Hernández2008-07-08
4. The Last Conquistador2008-07-15
5. 9 Star Hotel2008-07-22
6. Campaign2008-07-29
7. Johnny Cash: The Man, His World, His Music2008-08-05
8. Belarusian Waltz2008-08-12
9. The Judge and the General2008-08-19
10. Calavera Highway2008-09-16
11. Critical Condition2008-09-30
12. In the Family2008-10-01
13. Up the Yangtze2008-10-08
14. Soldiers of Conscience2008-10-16
15. Inheritance2008-12-10