Alternately sad and cringe-inducing, this documentary on the terrorist life of the Palestinian hijacker is always intriguing. Director Lina Makboul, a Palestinian reared in Sweden, digs deeply into the psyche of Khaled (through interviews with the subject herself) to get to the meaning of what her motives were and what her objectives were. No easy answers are found --- and while Khaled does not come across as apologetic, she doesn't come across as the embodiment of evil either. Additionally, Makboul wisely interviews members of the flight crews from the planes Khaled, working for the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, hijacked. It's a fair and honest expose.
Review of Leila Khaled: Hijacker
