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Podcast: North Star with Ellin Bessner
Episode: New Canadian documentary spotlights Oct. 7 victims murdered on 'The Killing Roads'
Description: Canadian documentary producer Igal Hecht says he hates his new Oct. 7 film, The Killing Roads. The documentary retraces the final moments of 250 Israelis who were slaughtered by Hamas terrorists along highways 232 and 34, near Gaza. Hecht also feels this is the best work he has ever done.
The film releases to the public online, for free, on Oct. 1. An in-person preview screening is set for Toronto on Sept. 30.
The Toronto-based filmmaker made the movie with his cameraman Lior Cohen because he felt not enough attention has been paid to these highway victims, who met their ends in their cars, on bi...