New Releases
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The Kalusz I Thought I Knew
Doc 28 min, 2013Produced and Directed by: Bernard Dichek
Written by: Bernard Dichek & Yana Lerner
Language: English and Ukrainian with English subtitles
Ever wonder about the distant place where your parents grew up? What does it look like today? What are the people like? When the son of Holocaust survivors travels to his parents' hometown in Eastern Europe, the stories he heard as a child come alive in unexpected ways.DVD - For Home Use Only :$29.90 -
Tikotin- A Life Devoted to Japanese Art
Doc, 59/77 min, 2013Directed by: Santje Kramer
Executive Producer: Erica Reijmerink, Sarphati Media
Sponsored by: Jewish Broadcaster – The Netherlands, Stichting Felix Tikotin Foundation - The Netherlands
Language: Dutch and English with English subtitles
a famous German Jewish art dealer travels all over the world -and two World Wars later and a series of personal hardships, a museum of his life’s work is set up on Mount Carmel in Haifa, Israel.DVD - For Home Use Only :$29.90 -
Days of Youth
Doc, 57 min, digibeta, 2012Directed by: Pascal Roy and Leonardo Cohen
Directed and Produced by: Roy & Cohen Productions
Languages: Spanish and Hebrew with English subtitles
A film that sheds light upon the HaShomer Ha'Tsair movement and unveils a little known chapter in the history of Mexican Judaism and its role in the creation of the State of Israel.
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Pursued
Doc, 51 and 60 min, 2012Written & directed by: Menachem Roth
Produced by: Ron Ofer – Ron Ofer Films
Sponsored by: The Makor Foundation, The Gesher Foundation & The Second Authority for Radio & TV, Israel
Languages: Yiddish and Hebrew with English subtitles
a courageous self-portrait, where the camera becomes a weapon of entrapment as well as an instrument of redemption in the painful chain of sexual abuse.DVD - For Home Use Only :$29.90 -
Special Interview
Doc, 55 min, 2012Written and Directed by: Nitzan Rozenberg
Produced by: SHALVA – Asaf Finkelstein and in association with Ynet
Language: Hebrew and English with English subtitles
Two young people with disabilities become star reporters in this uplifting documentary. They have interviewed many well-known personalities but their dream is to interview President Barak Obama. A journey where they pursue their dream and allow us a peek into their unique world.DVD - For Home Use Only :$29.90 -
Land for the Nomads
Doc, 55 minDVCam, 2012Written, directed and produced by: Lipika Pelham
Languages: English, Hebrew and Arabic with English subtitles
Some 27,000 Bedouins live in roadside shacks where Jewish settlements have mushroomed up all along the desert limiting the Bedouins’ nomadic way of life. This film follows an unusual man as he struggles on behalf of this disenfranchised people.DVD - For Home Use Only :$29.90 -
Tree of Life: Reflections on Torah and Environment
Doc 28 min, 2012Written & Directed by: Monique Schwarz
Produced by: Monique Schwarz & Benzion Tidhar, Amber Films
Language: English & Hebrew, with English subtitles
A fascinating journey through the Torah and Israel which encourages and commands caring for and preserving the environment.DVD - For Home Use Only :$29.90 -
Soldier on the Roof
Doc, 50 & 80 min, 2012Written & Directed by: Esther Hertog
Produced by: Harry de Winter, Gijs van de Westelaken
Executive Producer: Erica Reijmerink, Sarphati Media
Creative Producer: Paul King
Sponsored by: VPRO, The Netherlands
Language: Hebrew and English with English Subtitles
The real and surreal daily life of 800 Jewish settlers who live among 120,000 Palestinians in Hebron.Rent Online - For Home Use Only :$7.90DVD - For Home Use Only :$29.90 -
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