Northern California Premiere presented by Silicon Valley Jewish Film Festival
Foreign Land
Special Guest: Director Shlomi Eldar
- When
- Event has passed (Thu Nov 8, 2018 - Sat Nov 10, 2018)
- Cost
- $12 - $18
- Tags
- Movies, Foreign, Film Festivals
Description
Foreign LandAs Israeli society slips into extremism, an Arab actor and a Jewish journalist search for a place where they can belong. Ghassan Abbas was once a TV star. Director Shlomi Eldar was once the Arab Affairs correspondent for a news program. Abbas was not getting new roles while Eldar's reports were pushed to the sidelines. Facing a professional crisis, the two friends have begun searching for a new path.
Winner of 2018 Israeli Academy Awards for Best Documentary.
Director:Shlomi Eldar
Country:Israel/USA
Language: Hebrew with English subtitles
Running time: 74 min
2017 Documentary
SPECIAL GUEST: Director Shlomi Eldar is a documentary film director and journalist who covered the Palestinian Authority for Israel's Channels 1 and 10. He is the recipient of the Sokolov Prize, Israel's most important media award, for his work.
Discussion and Q & A to follow.
More Info
- Link
- http://www.svjff.org/films/foreign_land.shtml
- Call
- 1-800-838-3006 (Box Office)
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