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Words and Writers/Theater of Life
Amos Gitai | Israel | 1994 | 90 min. | documentary video

These two delightful shorts from Israeli director Gitai strike a more positive note amidst the fractious chorus of Israeli/Palestinian dialogue. In the first film, several Israeli and Palestinian writers recite their poetry and their prose outdoors in the midst of the spectacular Middle Eastern landscape, the source of so many centuries of conflict. The second describes a children's theater organized by an Israeli director in one of the Palestinian settlements, and a dance company in Jerusalem comprised of three women of mixed backgrounds.

Original languages are Hebrew and Arabic

New York Premiere, 1996 Human Rights Watch Festival. Distributed by Agav Films, Amos Gitai, 37 Rachi Street, Tel Aviv, Israel, Tel/Fax: 011-972-3-525-5971.

Amos Gitai

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