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Special Be'chol Lashon discount: $18 (regular $35) The first Israeli film by a team of Ethiopian Israelis. Itzhak, soon to be a bar mitzvah, dreams of becoming the Spike Lee of Israel and films a documentary about the neighborhood's residents. He comes from an Ethiopian immigrant family lead by his grandfather Gita. Gita, a janitor, insists on sending his son to a pretentious school despite the principal's refusal to accept the boy. His dream is that his son will become an Israeli Air Force pilot, even though another son was killed while serving in the Israeli Denfense Forces. The daughter is romantically involved with a distant relative in violatio of Ethiopian tradition, and another son becomes religious. A chain of events ignites a clash of generations - the Ethiopian tradtions cherished by Gita and his wife, and the younger generation's desire to assimilate to Isaeli life. Followed by Q & A with director, a performance with Ethiopian artist Presented in cooperation with Be'chol Lashon and Bina Cultural Foundation, Inc.
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