My Land Zion (2004)

Directed by

Yulie Cohen Gerstel

Genre

documentary film

Country

Denmark

Runtime

1h

Elsewhere

IMDb

The catalogue in 3D

The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.

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How it feels

A Danish documentary filmmaker explores her own decision to move to Israel and raise her daughters there. She confronts the daily threat of violence and the moral questions around young people serving in the army. Through meetings and arguments, the film looks at painful parts of Israel's history and what drives people to value land more than life.

personalthoughtfulprovocativesoberingintimateunsettlingcontemplativecandid

What happens

Mit land Zion er en dokumentarfilm instrueret af skrevet og Yulie Cohen Gerstel. Yulie Cohen Gerstel har specialiseret sig i at lave personlige og dybt kontroversielle film om sit forhold til staten Israel og zionismen. I Mit land Zion fortæller hun, hvordan hun selv valgte at forlade tilværelsen i New York og tage til Israel for at føde sit første barn. Et land, hvor hun hver dag må leve med truslen om, at hendes nu voksne døtre kan blive ofre for selvmordsbombere; og et land, hvor unge i generationer er gået ind i hæren for at dræbe de arabere, som boede i området, før Israel blev grundlagt. Filmen giver ikke entydige svar. Men gennem en række møder og konfrontationer belyses nogle af de ømme punkter i Israels historie, samtidig med at der søges mulige forklaringer på spørgsmålet om, hvad der kan få mennesker til at sætte klipper og jord højere end liv. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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