The Gatekeepers
Nominated for an Oscar and winner of the Los Angeles Film Critics Association’s Best Documentary Feature award, Dror Moreh’s The Gatekeepers may sound dry on paper: It’s a Hebrew-language documentary on Shin Bet—Israel’s internal security service. But the film resonates with viewers largely due to its access to and the candidness of its interview subjects: the six surviving directors of the Israeli secret service. Through their retrospection—and some arresting special-effects wizardry—The Gatekeepers explores the role Shin Bet has played in Israel’s short, tumultuous history.... read more
Found in: Movies, ReviewsThe Gatekeepers Sundance 2013 Review
Director: Dror Moreh Dror Moreh’s documentary has already played at Telluride and Toronto, and is even already nominated for an Oscar, but it plays Sundance this year in the Spotlight section, reserved for a select few films that have played other festivals. It earns its spot, and then some Amazingly, Moreh conducted interviews with every single head of Mossad, the Israeli intelligence agency. The access boggles the mind, and some of the stories are riveting. If there’s a flaw in the film, it’s one of bias—the film dwells on Israeli atrocities while mitigating its criticisms of Palestinian terrorism. Still, it’s... read more
Found in: Movies, ReviewsThe Other Son
With elections around the corner, candidates are reminding voters how important principles of faith and family have made them capable to lead. But what happens when the two are so much in conflict that you doubt your own identity? In The Other Son (Le Fils de Lautre), director Lorraine Levy shows a world where a shift in family can challenge and perhaps create a new kind of faith.... read more
Found in: Movies, ReviewsLollapalooza Headed to Israel in 2013
Lollapalooza recently expanded outside of the U.S. with festivals in Chile and Brazil, but now it’s set to head overseas for a festival in Tel Aviv, Israel, next year on Aug. 20-22. The event is set to take place in conjunction with Israel’s NMC United’s Plug Productions Generator, a music distributor/publisher and production/promotion company. The festival is scheduled to take place at Tel Aviv’s Yarkon Park and is said to showcase 50 artists over the three days.... read more
Found in: Music, NewsLive From Paste: Hank & Cupcakes
Israeli synth-pop duo Hank & Cupcakes caught off us guard. read more
Found in: Live at PasteSeinfeld Star Seeks Peace Between Israel and Palestine
Laughter is the best medicine, they say. And according to Seinfeld's Jason Alexander, it may also be the best tool for building peace. Alexander created a project with OneVoice, a non-profit organization which aims to increase the voices of moderates in Israel and Palestine, called "Imagine: 2018." For the project, he asked high school students in the two nations to imagine what the world would like in 10 years if there was an Israeli-Palestinian peace agreement signed in 2008.... read more
Found in: Culture, NewsDAM and Sheva
The first time that brothers Suhell and Tamer Nafar witnessed a Tupac Shakur video, they saw their own lives—growing up as young boys in the Palestinian city of Lod—reflected back at them from the TV screen. The American ghetto mirrored their neighborhood... read more
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