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20-year-old Sisai, Ethiopian immigrant in Israel,
lives with his adoptive family - the Gavros. Father Gavro returns from Ethiopia with news of Sisai's
biological father's whereabouts. Confused by the news and the fresh confrontation with his past, Sisai
does not share his family's excitement....
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On weekdays, 14-year-old Matan lives at a boarding school, but on weekends he stays with his mother. Matan does not have many friends, but he does have lots of pigeons. At school, he keeps fancy pigeons that he is extremely proud of. He shows us how beautiful their feathers and crests are and...
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This film examines the mass base at the heart of Evo Morales’ Bolivia. The desperation of years of
exploitative labour erupted in the turbulent 1990s, which culminated in the overturning the right-wing
South American status quo and the election of Evo Morales, Bolivia’s first indigenous...
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If Morgan Spurlock has learned anything from over 30 years of movie-watching,
it’s that if the world needs saving, it’s best done by one lone man willing to
face danger head on to take it down, action hero style. So, with no military
experience,...
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The stunning true story of the first solo, non-stop, round-the-world boat race, and the psychological toll it took on its competitors. Sponsored by the Sunday Times of London, the much- ballyhooed event attracted a field of nine, including amateur sailor Donald Crowhurst, who set out to...
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Kibbutz Eshbal in the Galilee, established in 1998 as an educational center, runs a boarding school for
adolescents who have been expelled from other educational institutions. At Eshbal, Baruch, Ora, Moshe and Yael,
first-generation immigrants from Ethiopia, are counseled by Yoav and Vickie,...
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When Albert Einstein died in 1955 he left behind a remarkable scientific legacy, and an extraordinary secret. In 1986 love letters were discovered which revealed a marriage hidden in the shadows for more than 30 years. Before moving to America in 1933 with his second wife and first cousin Elsa,...
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A masked terrorist is pointing a gun at the head of a handcuffed hostage, who is pleading for help from his family and country. This image, which has lately become too familiar, is the starting point of Six Days in October, an investigative documentary that follows an event that shook the Middle...
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The film follows 4 young Brazilians from a village that was just recently discovered by tourists.
It shows the immense influence that the tourists have over the lives of the locals, and the difference
between the way the tourists conceive the locals and the reality that is filmed. The arrival...
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Rivka and Yoram fulfilled their dream of getting married but they will never be able to build a home,
raise a family, or even be alone when they want to be physically intimate. Yoram and Rivka are both confined
to wheelchairs and have lived in institutional homes for most of their lives. The...
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A documentary about the metaphysical effects of being struck by lightning. The event represents the paradox of being singled out by randomness, and so precipitates questions about chance, fate and meaning in life. The film explores seven stories from around the world that raise and respond to...
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