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ʻAvodah Aravit = Arab labor. the first season, part 1 / Keshet ; Dori Media Paran ; Link TV ; Alive Mind ; executive producer, Daniel Paran ; writer, Sayed Kashua ; director episodes 1-9, Roni Ninio ; director episodes 10-11, Yaakov (Yankul) Goldwasser.
- Format:
- Video
- Language:
- Arabic
- English
- Hebrew
- Subjects (All):
- Jewish-Arab relations--Drama.
- Jewish-Arab relations.
- Palestinian Arabs--Israel--Drama.
- Palestinian Arabs.
- Palestinian Arabs in motion pictures.
- Israeli wit and humor.
- Situation comedies (Television programs)--Israel.
- Situation comedies (Television programs).
- Israel.
- Genre:
- Drama.
- Video recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online streaming video : sound, color
- Other Title:
- Arab labor : the first season, part 1
- Arab labor : part 1
- עבודה ערבית
- Place of Publication:
- [Israel] : Keshet Broadcasting Limited and Dori Media Paran Limited, [2008 ;] New York, NY : Lorber HT Digital, [2009]
- Language Note:
- Hebrew and Arabic with English subtitles; Closed-captioned.
- System Details:
- data file
- Summary:
- In Fall 2008, Link TV presented the U.S. broadcast premiere of the controversial hit Israeli comedy series Arab Labor (Avoda Aravit). Created by Sayed Kashua, a 32-year-old Israeli-born Palestinian journalist, Arab Labor (translated from the Hebrew "Avoda Aravit" which colloquially implies "shoddy or second-rate work") focuses on Amjad, a Palestinian journalist and Israeli citizen in search of his identity as he seeks high status in the society into which he was born but where his car is searched everyday when he drives from his neighborhood to his job at a newspaper in Jerusalem. Poking fun at the cultural divide, Kashua and his characters play on religious, cultural and political differences to daringly depict the mixed society that is Israel. This show marked a milestone on Israeli television as the first program to present Palestinian characters speaking Arabic on primetime. Arab Labor has generated great controversy between Arab and Israeli media and Link TV is premiering the program to the U.S. television audience in order to offer a fresh perspective on Israeli-Palestinian cultural friction while presenting an unbelievably entertaining show that has made an international splash.-- www.linktv.org/arablabor.
- Contents:
- First season episodes: Episode 1: The Car
- Episode 2: The Sheep
- Episode 3: Kindergarten
- Episode 4: Kidnapping
- Episode 5: Passover
- Episode 6: Reserve duty
- Episode 7: Loyalty
- Episode 8: Crime on the border
- Episode 9: Meeting the parents
- Episode 10: Independence day
- Interview with producer Daniel Paran
- Interview with creator Sayed Kashua and cast.
- Participant:
- Norman Issa, Clara Khoury, Salim Daw, Mariano Idelman, Mira Awad.
- Credits:
- Creators, Daniel Paran, Sayed Kashua, Roni Ninio.
- Notes:
- Produced for Keshet Broadcasting, Ch. 2 (2007-2008)--Cover.
- Title from title screen.
- OCLC:
- 1001938567
- Publisher Number:
- 718122565672
- ALV-DV-32
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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