Politics and Conflict
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Concrete
52 min, & 72 min, DigiBeta, 2011Directed by: Nurit Kedar
Produced by: Yehuda Bitton
Sponsored by: the Makor Foundation
Language: Hebrew with English subtitles
A war story can be told either by the victims or by the soldiers. Here filmmaker Nurit Kedar uncovers the untold story of 2009's "Operation Cast Lead" through the voices of young soldiers.DVD - For Home Use Only :$29.90Out of stock
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Palestine in the South
Doc, 52 min, 2011Produced and Directed by: Ana María Hurtado
Written by: Ana María Hurtado & Daniel Osorio
Language: Spanish and Arabic with English subtitles
A journey repeats itself as the distant republic of Chile welcomes a group of Palestinian refugees to a small town where hundreds of Palestinians had already arrived a century ago, making this their new home as well.DVD - For Home Use Only :$29.90 -
Who Shot My Father?
Doc, 71 min, 2011Written & Directed by: Liora Amir Barmatz
Produced by: Zvia Weizman, Aviva Stern
Sponsored by: IBA TV Channel 1, Israel
Languages: Hebrew and English with English subtitles
Israeli Air Force Attaché Colonel Joe Alon was assassinated near his Washington D.C. home in 1973. 38 years later, the case remains unsolved.DVD - For Home Use Only :$29.90 -
No Full Stop
Doc, 52 min, 2011Produced and directed by: Shlomo Slutzky
Co-Produced by: Yehuda Bitton, Ruth Dawni Dror & Demian Burak
Written by: Alejandra Marino & Shlomo Slutzky
Sponsored by: Israel Channel One, INCAA Argentina
Language: Spanish and Hebrew with English subtitles
Journalistic assignment to cover trial of a former Junta General turns personal for journalist Shlomo Slutzky as he tries to track down former friends who had joined the resistance.
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The Human Turbine
Doc, 54 min, 2010, Color, DigibetaWritten & Directed by: Danny Verete
Produced by: Yehuda Bitton
Sponsored by: Channel 8-Israel & Gesher Multicultural Film Fund
Language: Hebrew & Arabic with English / French subtitles
The attempts to harness wind and solar energy for the benefit of the residents of the Palestinian village of Susia. Working through action, rather than through protest, a group of determined individuals demonstrates how they are figuratively and literally lighting up lives.
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Longing
Doc, 60 min, 2011Written and Directed by: Effi Banay
Produced by: Yehuda Bitton - Y. Bitton Productions
Sponsored by: The Yehoshua Rabinovich Foundation for the Arts, The Gesher Foundation & The Second Authority for Television & Radio, Zochrot Organization
Language: Hebrew, Farsi & Arabic with English subtitles
The journey of a man into the depths of his past and into the roots of his yearning for a place which was and is no more.DVD - For Home Use Only :$29.90 -
The Beetle
Doc, Long version: 70 min, ; Short version: 52 min, Mini, color, 2008Written and Directed by: Yishai Orian
Produced by: Yishai Orian
Sponsored by: The 2nd Authority for Television & Radio and The New Foundation for Cinema & TV
Language: Hebrew, Arabic with English subtitle
A journey that takes us to meetings with the car's previous owners and to Jordan – as the filmmaker takes his own journey to fatherhood.
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Eyes Wide Open
Doc, 60 Min, color, 2008Written & Directed by: Paula Weiman-Kelman
Written by: Stuart Schoffman
Produced by: Jonathan Lopatin
Supported by: Alan B. Slifka Foundation, Andrea and Charles Bronfman Philanthropies, Lopatin Family Foundation, New Israel Fund
Six decades after the founding of the Jewish State, how do you build your own relationship to Israel? The film follows a wide range of American Jews, on their journeys to Israel- and the result is warm and personal film that vividly conveys joys and ambivalences.DVD - For Home Use Only :$29.90 -
Hothouse
Doc, 52 Min, color, 2009Written & Directed by: Idit Gan-Zvi
Produced by: Moshe Alafi- Alafim Productions
Language: Hebrew with English subtitles
The disengagement of Israel from Gaza in 2005 is the background for the story of one women's determination in the face of hardship. HOTHOUSE chronicles one strong woman who struggles to keep her family, her marriage
and above all - her hothouse working and flourishing.DVD - For Home Use Only :$29.90