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Inventing Our Life: The Kibbutz Experiment (2010)

Inventing Our Life: The Kibbutz Experiment poster
Directed by
Toby Perl Freilich
Genre
documentary
Country
Israel
Runtime
1h 19m
Rating
5.0 of 10 from 1 voters
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How it feels

A documentary about Israel's kibbutz movement over the past century. It shows how different generations of members are trying to keep their communities alive as old socialist ideals clash with modern capitalism.

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What happens

Inventing Our Life: The Kibbutz Experiment is a 2010 documentary film directed by Toby Perl Freilich. The film examines the 100-year history of Israel's kibbutz movement as a modern generation struggles to ensure its survival amidst painful reforms and a new capitalist reality. Among those interviewed are first, second and third generation members from kibbutzim like Degania, the flagship commune established in 1910; Hulda, once near collapse and recently privatized; Sasa, the first to be settled entirely by Jews from America and today Israel's wealthiest kibbutz; and Tamuz, an urban kibbutz founded in 1987 and located in Beit Shemesh. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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