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Soldier on the roof / Sarphati Media production, in co-production with VPRO Television ; written and directed by Esther Hertog ; Harry de Winter, Gijs van de Westelaken ; creative producer, Paul King.
LIBRA DVD/PAL 026 080
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Video
- Language:
- English
- Hebrew
- Subjects (All):
- Arab-Israeli conflict.
- Jews--West Bank--Hebron.
- Jews.
- West Bank--Hebron.
- Genre:
- Documentary films.
- Video recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 videodisc (80 min.) : color ; 4 3/4 in.
- polychrome
- Place of Publication:
- Jerusalem : Ruth Diskin Films, [2012]
- Language Note:
- In Hebrew and English with English subtitles.
- System Details:
- DVD-R; PAL.
- digital
- optical
- PAL
- video file
- DVD video
- Summary:
- Hebron, only a dot on the world map, but a place that is known and recognized worldwide as the center of many conflicts between Israelis and Palestinians. It is also the place where patriarch Abraham has his tomb. In the West Bank city of Hebron, a major holy place to both Jews and Muslims, some 800 extremist Jewish settlers live in the midst of a Palestinian population of over 120,000. For three years, Esther Hertog has been filming from within the settler community, capturing unique scenes of their real, sometimes even surreal daily life. An entire army battalion watches over the Jewish community from the city rooftops. Esther Hertog, a young Israeli-Dutch filmmaker spent three years in Hebron. She observed the daily life of the settlers, which resulted in a fascinating document, the absurd mix of soldiers, ideological settlers and their children playing. As a character-driven documentary, the essential narrative of "Soldier on the Roof" depicts the filmmaker's personal quest to understand the daily lives and motivations of Hebron's settlers.
- Credits:
- Camera, Esther Hertog ; editing, Danneil Danniel.
- OCLC:
- 857787427
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