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Thurs. May 13, 6:30pm - 9:30pm
Location: Community House: 9th Floor, Room 903
Professor Miri Kubovy
This series will explore contemporary Israeli culture through film (with English subtitles). Guided by Professor Miri Kubovy, participants will study the most important social and political issues in Israel today including: the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, Ashkenazi-Sephardi tension, poverty, attitude towards the army, the Holocaust, feminism, religious and secular population, the return to religion, the settlements, national and personal bereavement, foreign workers, “the other” ideology and its rejection, and Americanization in Israeli culture. Among those films to be screened are: Shiva, Avivah My Love and Yellow Asphalt.
Film to be Screened: Disengagement
2007
Disengagement (Désengagement) is an Israeli film recording Gaza disengagement. It is a political drama centered around Israel’s pullout from the occupied Gaza strip, in which a French woman of Israeli origin (Binoche) returns to the West Bank. Following the death of her father, Ana (Binoche) embarks on a journey to find the child she gave away as a teenager. This journey leads her to Gaza during the Israeli disengagement, a time fraught with danger and uncertainty. The film is directed by Amos Gitai, starring Juliette Binoche, and Jeanne Moreau in a supporting role.
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