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SUMMARY:9th Annual Israeli Film Festival
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 2:00-3:50 pm   \n
 "Fill the Void" (2012)\n
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 Synopsis: 
 Shira, the youngest daughter of an Orthodox 
 Hassidic family in Tel Aviv, is grief-stricken 
 when her older sister, Esther, dies during 
 childbirth. As the family grieves, Shira 
 is pressured to marry her late sister's husband. 
 Shira faces a very difficult decision. 
 Winner of 7 Israeli Academy Awards.  \n
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 Director: 
  Rama Burshtein. \n
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 Runtime: 90 minutes. 
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 Language:Hebrew, with English subtitles. 
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 Presented by Professor Ilana Blumberg, 
 James Madison College.\n
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 4:15-5:30pm 
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 "Arab Labor" (2013)\n
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 Synopsis: Two episodes 
 will be shown of the groundbreaking TV 
 series that combines humor and drama to explore 
 the cultural divide between Arabs and Jews 
 in Israel. In this Michigan premiere of Season 
 4, Bushra discovers that she is pregnant. 
  Her husband, Amjad, does not handle the news 
 well.  On his way to becoming the perfect 
 husband, an exemplary father and a promising 
 member of the Knesset, the road to his dilemmas 
 is always paved with good intentions. \n
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 Writer/Creator:  Sayed Kashua.  \n
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 Director: 
 Shai Capon. \n
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 Runtime: 50 minutes.  \n
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 Language: 
 Hebrew and Arabic, with English subtitles.\n
  
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 Presented by Chen Bram, Schusterman 
 Visiting Professor. \n
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 5:30 
 pm \n
 Dinner 
 available for purchase onsite. Catered by 
 Woody's Oasis Mediterranean Deli.\n
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 6:30-8:45 
 pm      \n
 "Hunting Elephants" (2013) 
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 Synopsis: This bittersweet farce, about 
 a teenage boy who joins his elderly grandfather 
 and cronies to rob a bank, opened the 2013 
 Jerusalem Film Festival.  Featuring veteran 
 Israeli actors and also British acting legend 
 Patrick Stewart.\n
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 Writer/Director: Reshef 
 Levi.  \n
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 Runtime: 107 minutes. \n
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 Language: 
 Hebrew and English, with English subtitles.\n
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 Presented 
 by Ellen Rothfeld, Coordinator 
 for the MSU Israeli Film Festival. Co-sponsored 
 by the College of Social Science and School 
 of Social Work.\n
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 The 
 9th Annual 
 Israeli Film Festival is supported by the College 
 of Arts & Letters, College of Social Science, 
 James Madison College, Residential College 
 of Arts and Humanities, the Departments 
 of Linguistics & Languages, English/Film Studies, 
 History, and Religious Studies, the School 
 of Social Work, Lester & Jewell Morris Hillel 
 Jewish Student Center, the David Project, 
 the Greater Lansing Jewish Welfare Federation, 
 Congregation Kehillat Israel, and Congregation 
 Shaarey Zedek. In cooperation with the Consulate 
 General of Israel to the Midwest.   
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 Price: free\n
 Sponsor's Homepage: http://events.msu.edu/jewishstudies/\n
 Contact name: Jewish Studies Program\n
 Contact phone: (517) 432-3493\n
 Contact email: jewishst@msu.edu\n
LOCATION:147 Comm Arts
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