Few filmmakers have probed issues of Israeli nationalism and Israeli-Palestinian relations more completely or intimately than Tel Aviv-born Yulie Cohen, for Cohen, Israel is the land of her ancestors, the land her parents fought for during the 1948 war and the land she herself served as an Air Force Officer during the Entebbe crisis. In 1978, working as an El Al stewardess, she survived a terrorist attack in London that killed a colleague and left her with shrapnel in her arm.

Embarking on a difficult and emotional journey, she attempts to free the surviving terrorist who attacked her, to question the myths of the state that she grew up in, and to reconcile with her ultra-orthodox brother after 25 years of estrangement. My Israel is an account of remarkable courage and understanding set against the last turbulent decade of Israeli history, successfully combining Cohen’s 10-year oeuvre in an incisive and refreshing new way.

Women Make Movies

Gerstel, Yulie Cohen, Orthodox Judaism, Jewish-Arab relations, Jews -- Social life and customs, Judaism -- Customs and practices, Israel -- Biography, Forgiveness

My Israel – Revisiting the Trilogy

Gerstel, Yulie (director), Gerstel, Yulie (producer), Gerstel, Yulie Cohen (narrator), Lion, Boaz (editor), Kirma, Oded (cinematographer), Cohen Gerstel Productions (Firm) (producer), First Hand Films (Firm) (producer), Women make movies (distributor)

01:19:24 (HH:MM:SS)

English

adult/continuing education, higher education, high school (grades 10-12), college

Name	Women Make Movies
Role	distributor
Telephone	212-925-0606
Address	462 Broadway, STE 500, New York, NY 10013
Email	[email protected]

2008-01-01

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