Six Days in June: The War That Redefined the Middle East.(Brief article)(Video recording review)

Six Days in June: The War That Redefined the Middle East. color & b/w. 108 min. letterboxed. Ilan Ziv, dist. by WGBH-Boston, 800-949-8670; shop.wgbh.org. 2007. DVD 978-1-59375-784-7. $19.95. Closed-captioned. HIST

Released to coincide with the 40th anniversary of the Arab-Israeli war in 1967, Six Days in June chronicles the events leading up to the conflict, the six days of fighting, and the aftermath. Shot by Israeli filmmakers in Israel, Palestine, Egypt, Syria, Jordan, Moscow, and Washington, DC, this feature employs both color and black-and-white footage of newly declassified archives, news footage, interviews with veterans, home movies, and re-creations. Although …