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Women Make Movies is proud to announce the new release of RAMLEH by
acclaimed filmmaker Michal Aviad (THE WOMEN NEXT DOOR, "EVER SHOT ANYONE?",
JENNY & JENNY).
A timely and powerful look at the conflicts in contemporary Israel, this
highly original documentary follows four seemingly disparate women residing
in the town of Ramleh to brilliantly explore how fundamentalism and cultural
displacement have impacted their current political climate. Profiled in this
highly compelling piece are Sima and Orly, two ultra-orthodox Jewish women
who rediscover religion and enthusiastically support the conservative "Shas"
party, the third largest political party in Israel; Svetlana, a
single-mother and recent Jewish immigrant struggling to establish herself in
her new country; and Gehad, a young Muslim teacher and law student
attempting to find a sense of national identity in a predominately Jewish
state. Filmed between the general elections in 1999 and the 2001 elections,
Ramleh demonstrates the profound cultural and political divisions barring
these women from living together as a united community, as well as reveals
how their political landscape helped sow the seeds of the Intifada in 2000.
It similarly raises the question whether each woman and the communities they
represent will ever peacefully reconcile their search for tradition,
religion and homeland.
"Excels in its direct, critical and yet full of respect treatment of its
subjects. Aviad is able to create identification, as she describes a
frightening world...with wisdom and a lot of talent." Irit Shamgar, Ma'ariv,
Israel
"The film stands as a meditation about external and internal geographies of
identity, particularly in the case of minority groups within Israeli
society." Dorit Naaman, Binghamton University
***************** PRICING & ORDERING INFO ***************
RAMLEH
A videotape by Michal Aviad
58 minutes/Color/Israel, Subtitled
Rental $90
VHS Sale $275
Order # 02763
To order RAMLEH, please visit our website
<http://www.wmm.com/catalog/pages/c561.htm>, or contact us at:
Women Make Movies
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New York, NY 10013
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