Underplayed Gems

The Shakshuka System (2008)

The Shakshuka System poster
Genre
documentary film
Country
Israel
Runtime
1h 33m
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

This documentary explores how private money influences government decisions in Israel. It focuses on the relationship between political leaders and one wealthy family, showing how state resources are sold cheaply to a few.

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What happens

The Shakshuka System (Hebrew: שיטת השקשוקה) is a 2008 Israeli documentary film created by the Israeli investigative journalist Mickey Rosenthal and the Israeli director Ilan Aboody. The film focuses on the connection between private capital and government in Israel and suggests that a system exists whereby the State of Israel sells its limited resources, cheaply, to a handful of wealthy families. The film shows this by specifically focusing on the business relationship between the political leadership in Israel and one of the wealthiest families in the Israeli economy – the Ofer family. The film won the Ophir Award for Best Documentary film in 2009. While the film was being produced, the Ofer Brothers Group filed a lawsuit against the creators of the film and no Israeli TV channel would show it. Initially the film was screened in Cinematheques, different events, and in the Knesset. A year after the premiere, it was broadcast on Channel 1, followed by a film produced by the Ofer Brothers in response. In February 2010 the lawsuit was dismissed. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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