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By the Grace of Heaven
During Passover, and under the auspices of the coronavirus' eruption, the capital of Israel's ultra-Orthodox community — Bnei Brak — pays an especially high price.
Year: 2020
Language: Hebrew, English subtitles
Directors: Yariv Mozer, Sigal Rosh
Producers: Ronen Manelis, Sigal Rosh
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Sustainable Nation
In a world where water is everything, three Israeli innovators are applying water technology to an increasingly thirsty planet.
Year: 2019
Languages: English & Hebrew, English subtitles
Director: Micah Smith
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State-Less
Adi Khavous, an artist who lives a vagabond lifestyle, left home in Israel and now lives in Canada as a solitary immigrant, pursuing his dream to break through as a rock-n-roll singer.
This program may contain strong language and/or violence. Viewer discretion is advised.
Year: 2017
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One Day After Peace
Born in South Africa during the apartheid era, Robi Damelin later lost her son, who served in the Israel Defense Forces. At first she attempted to initiate a dialogue with the Palestinian who killed her child. When her overtures were rejected, she embarked on a journey back to South Africa.
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The Stand-Up Comedians
Get to know Israel's leading female comedians, as they work on their gigs and provide moving and amusing interviews about the hardships of breaking into an industry ruled predominantly by men.
This program may contain strong language, nudity, and/or violence. Viewer discretion is advised.
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Conclusive Evidence
Get a behind-the-scenes look at Israel's forensic investigation unit, the men and women in white coveralls who walk around crime scenes like ghosts.
This program may contain graphic images. Viewer discretion is advised.
Year: 2016
Language: Hebrew, English subtitles
Director: Nati Adler
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The Last Fisherman in the Sea of Galilee
An intimate and spiritual encounter of a Japanese director and a member of the Makuya community, which believes in both the Old and New Testament, as he follows an Israeli fisherman in the Sea of Galilee. The director has had only one question since his childhood: Why did Jesus choose his first d...
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Carnal
All he wanted was to provide some years of decent life for farm animals no longer deemed "profitable" — an "animal pension." But it turned out more expensive than he thought.
This program may contain strong language, nudity, and/or violence. Viewer discretion is advised.
Year: 2019
Language: He... -
Thanks to Luck and Good People
Eight decades after that terrible war, Irene's daughter retraces the rocky and impossible family's journey against all odds. In a journey that will cover thousands of kilometers, bombarded roads, conquered cities, pogroms, ghettos, and countless dangers, the family members tried to survive.
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My Land Zion
— "My Land Zion" is the second in a trilogy of films by Yulie Cohen —
What young woman would leave New York to have her first child in a war zone? Who would choose to give birth in a place where kids get blown up riding on school buses or sitting in cafés? Where thousands of 18-years-olds kill o...
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My Brother
— "My Brother" is the third in a trilogy of films by Yulie Cohen —
How can peace in the Middle East prevail, if it cannot in a family? More than 25 years have gone by since Yulie's brother turned into an ultra-Orthodox Jew and lost contact. This story is a persistent journey towards an understan...
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My Israel - Revisiting the Trilogy
Yulie Cohen revisits her critically acclaimed trilogy with a new perspective and additional footage. "My Israel" is an account of remarkable courage and understanding set against the last turbulent decade of Israeli history.
Year: 2008
Language: Hebrew, English subtitles
Director: Yulie Cohen
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Last Journey Into Silence
Filmed at the Shaar Menashe Hospital in Israel, this heartbreaking documentary examines the plight of elderly Holocaust survivors whose war-time experiences have left them unable to find inner peace.
Year: 2001
Languages: Yiddish & Hebrew, English subtitles
Director: Shosh Shlam
Writer: Shosh Shlam -
Clementine
A fascinating investigation that mirrors the development of Israel itself. Shaking his own family tree in this beautifully-crafted documentary, Tal Yoffe discovers a pioneering kibbutznik filmmaker, a Czarist army officer, a Nazi-trained blacksmith, several war heroes, and a much-missed father.
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The Muses of Isaac Bashevis Singer
Isaac Bashevis Singer, the famous Yiddish writer and Nobel Prize winner, wrote with a "harem" of dozens of translators behind him. Today nine remain to tell his story. Intimate interviews and exclusive archival footage combine to portray the story of an author who charmed his audiences, just like...
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Clearing Out Mom's House
After their mother passes away, the film’s director and his three sisters are charged with going through their late mother’s house. The house is filled with hundreds of books, photo albums, and trinkets, and soon find a dark family secret in an envelope.
Year: 2011
Language: Hebrew, English subt...