With extraordinary access, award-winning Israeli filmmaker Shimon Dotan (Hot House) traces the history of Israeli settlements in the West Bank since Israel’s decisive victory in the 1967 Six-Day War. While government leaders and the Israeli public initially saw the military victory as an opportunity for a negotiated peace, Jewish religious zealots saw it as a calling from God to redeem the Biblical land of Israel. Much like the Occupation itself, the extremes of the settlement phenomenon have received extensive coverage in the media. But in this film, Dotan masterfully opens up a space in the middle, offering unprecedented access to pioneers of the movement and a diverse range of modern-day settlers, religious and secular alike. The result is a comprehensive, provocative exploration of the controversial communities that continue to influence the sociopolitical destinies of Israel and Palestine.
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The Settlers
The Settlers
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Shimon Dotan is an award-winning filmmaker working on narrative and documentary films. He is a Fellow at the New York Institute of the Humanities, recipient of a Guggenheim fellowship-award and of the Cullman Fellowship-award (2012). Dotan’s films have been the recipients of the Special Jury Prize at Sundance (Hot House) Silver Bear Award at the Berlin Film Festival (The Smile of the Lamb), numerous Israeli Academy Awards, including Best Film and Best Director (Repeat Dive; The Smile of the Lamb), and Best Film at the Newport Beach Film Festival (You Can Thank Me Later). Dotan was born in Romania and grew up in Israel. He is presently teaching Political Cinema at NYU and Film Directing at the New School University.
This film is part of the Westchester Jewish Film Festival 2017 series.
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