brothers

i saw the movie brothers directed by igaal niddam  thursday night at the israeli film festival. it was an  incredible movie.
the movie is about two brothers who are originally from argentina. one moves to israel and the other ends up living in the united states. the israeli one is secular and the american brother is a yeshiva bachur and a lawyer. the frum brother travels to israel to be the lawyer  for a charedi yeshiva that was burning their army draft cards. the story is about the relationship between two brothers  and the multi-faceted court case . no one is portrayed in terms of black or white. secular or frum we are not as different as we seem. and as the title says it all..... we are all brothers (and sisters). and we have to find a way to get along .
mr niddam the director was at the screening thursday night. it was fascinating. the rabin assassination inspired him to make this film as well as the in fighting between the frum and non-frum in israel. he fears there may be a civil war in israel if this is not resolved. he made this film to promote dialogue.
the movie is amazing.

israeli film festival new york 2011

its that time of the year again. its time for the israeli film festival. this years films will be screened at amc's movie theater on broadway and 84th street in manhattan. the festival is being held from may 5- may 19 . i plan on attending three of the movies. i will let you all know what i think of them after i see them.
i missed last year's israeli film festival because i found out about it late and the location of the screenings was inconvenient for me. i have been on the israeli film festival's e-mail list for years. this year they sent out word about this year's festival before pesach so i was able to plan in advance.
if you decide to attend the website is israeli film festival.