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Spielberg-produced documentary dissects 2016 terror attack

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Welcome to Times Will Tell, The Times of Israel’s weekly feature podcast.

This week, host Jessica Steinberg speaks to documentary filmmaker Tal Inbar and producer Nancy Spielberg, sister to Steven Spielberg, who premiered their new film, "Closed Circuit" at DocAviv, Tel Aviv’s annual documentary film festival.

"Closed Circuits" uses security camera footage -- much of it taken on the night of the 2016 terror attack in Tel Aviv’s Sarona market -- when two men in suits shot at a crowd eating out. The use of the footage deconstructs the event augmented by interviews with those who survived the attack, and who speak about their insights into that event.

Inbar speaks about how she came across the closed circuit footage of the attack and developed it into a fuller-length film.

Spielberg discusses her fascination with the film upon receiving a 'cold' email from Inbar, as well as her own relationship to Israel, and how the film resonates, particularly in the US, currently reeling from its own spate of tragic attacks.

IMAGE: A closed circuit screen grab from 'Closed Circuit,' Tal Inbar's 2022 film about the 2016 Sarona, Tel Aviv terror attack (Courtesy 'Closed Circuit)

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