Almost Friends
Directed by Nitzan Ofir and Barak Heyman
Israel | Fiction | Hebrew & Arabic w/English subtitles | 2014 | 60 min
Student matinee open to the general public.
Intro and Q&A with Orly Yadin
Co-sponsored by the Burlington-Bethlehem-Arad Sister City Program, celebrating their 25th anniversary
Samar, 12, lives in Lod, a mixed city marred by poverty and crime. She has an Arab Israeli mother and a Palestinian father from the Occupied Territories. Linor, 11, lives in Tlamim, a religious jewish settlement. There are only some 40 miles between Lod and Tlamim, but the girls are separated by a vast national, cultural and ideological abyss. As participants in an education and technology program, their relationship starts from online correspondence. Meeting face-to-face adds an intense component to the two girls’ lives, sweeping them and their families into a profound and complex experience.
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