FEATURE FILM / 2025
In this sensitively crafted documentary, choreographer Hadar Ahuvia explores 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 this inherited dance. 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.
Director
Tatyana Tenenbaum
Status
Released
Budget
N/A
Availability
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CAST
Hadar Ahuvia
Mor Mendel
Gil Sperling
Shirly Bahar
Lily Bo Shapiro
Ze'eva Cohen
Freedom Dabka Group
