Neta Shoshani’s thought-provoking documentary is a meticulously-researched examination of the establishment of the Israeli state from the UN partition resolution until the end of the 1948 Arab-Israeli War. Through archival footage and letters and diaries written by both Jews and Arabs during this time, the film explores the ongoing debates amongst researchers and archivists tasked with preserving or deconstructing the official history and collective memory of the war.