Arab Israeli Dialogue is the tenth and final film directed by American independent filmmaker Lionel Rogosin

Lionel Rogosin

Lionel Rogosin was a maverick independent American filmmaker who helped pioneer a form of non-fiction filmmaking influenced by the traditions of Robert Flaherty and Italian neorealism.-Early life:...

. It is a filmed debate between the Palestinian poet Rashed Hussein and Amos Kenan, shot in the basement of Rogosin's Bleecker Street Cinema by Louis Brigante.

Though Rogosin would live until 2000, he did not complete another film in his lifetime, causing him immense personal and artistic frustration.