In this sensitively crafted documentary, choreographer Hadar Ahuvia interrogates the roots of the Israeli folk dances she grew up dancing with her mother. Facing romanticized stories about her grandparents, Zionist ‘kibbutznik’ settlers in Palestine in the 1930’s, she begins a personal endeavor unpacking and confronting the appropriative origins of these inherited dances. Through this vulnerable, personal story a larger weaving of powerful artistic portraits emerge— Jewish, Israeli, and Palestinian dancers living in New York City question what is inherited and what we choose to carry forward.
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Tatyana Tenenbaum Director, Cinematographer
Brighid Greene Producer
Avi Amon Composer
Colin Nusbaum Editor
Sasha Perry Editor
Production still: Mor Mendel (L) and Hadar Ahuvia (R)
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