SHUKI FRIEDMAN PRODUCTIONS
West Of The Jordan River (2017)
94min | Documentary
West of the Jordan River describes the efforts of citizens, Israelis and Palestinians, who are trying to overcome the consequences of the Occupation.
Amos Gitai returns to the Occupied Territories for the first time since his 1982 documentary Field Diary. West of the Jordan River describes the efforts of citizens, Israelis and Palestinians, who are trying to overcome the consequences of the Occupation. Gitai’s film shows the human ties woven by human rights activists, journalists, mourning mothers, the military, and Jewish settlers. Faced with the failure of politics to solve the Occupation, these women and men rise and act in the name of their civic consciousness. This human energy is a proposal for a long overdue change.
Director Amos Gitai
Screenplay Amos Gitai
Photography Oded Kirma
Editing Tal Zana, Yuval Orr
Sound Amos Zipori, Nir Alon
Music Amit Poznansky
Source Doc & Film, Paris
Production Amos Gitai, Shuki Friedman, Laurent Truchot, Patricia Boutinard Rouelle
Production Associates Centre national du cinéma et de l’image animée
Festivals
Jerusalem film Festival