Zero Degrees of Separation
This feature documentary breaks with the sensationalistic media coverage of the Middle East by documenting the everyday lives of same-sex Palestinian-Israeli couples. Faced with the modern injustices of work visas, checkpoints, harassment and prejudices, these brave individuals resist oppression and take small steps each day to build a sense of peace, mutual respect and hope. Filmmaker Elle Flanders draws on her own story of growing up with Zionist grandparents who were intimately involved in the founding of the state of Israel. Their haunting archival home movies evoke an idealized Israel of the 1950s and summon larger questions about humanity, conflict …
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This feature documentary breaks with the sensationalistic media coverage of the Middle East by documenting the everyday lives of same-sex Palestinian-Israeli couples. Faced with the modern injustices of work visas, checkpoints, harassment and prejudices, these brave individuals resist oppression and take small steps each day to build a sense of peace, mutual respect and hope. Filmmaker Elle Flanders draws on her own story of growing up with Zionist grandparents who were intimately involved in the founding of the state of Israel. Their haunting archival home movies evoke an idealized Israel of the 1950s and summon larger questions about humanity, conflict and nationalist aspiration.
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directorElle Flanders
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editorCathy Gulkin
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visual designCynthia Madansky
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cinematographerChristopher Romeike
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composerDavid Wall
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producerElle FlandersPeter Starr
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executive producerSilva Basmajian
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associate producerTamara RomanchukDara Gellman
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location soundTully Chen
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sound designJane TattersallKathy ChoiJean Bot
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editorial consultantCynthia Madansky
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dialogue editingYuval Saglv
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additional editingYuval Saglv
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post-production on-lineAndrew Mandziuk
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title designCynthia MadanskyGeoffrey Pugen
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script editorJudith Flanders
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additional cameraCala LevinElle Flanders
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photo stillsTamara Moyez
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assistant editorTanyss ObonsawinPaula Kaston
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mixing studioCasablanca Magnetic North
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re-recordingDino Pigat
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assistantJocelyne Tremblay
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website designStephanie Marshall
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production accountantNancy Gomes
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legal servicesKate HendersonMichael LevineTara Leigh Parker
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production coordinatorAnousheh Showleh
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translatorDorit AbramovitchAsher Al KobyAyeda AyedSmadar CarmonTariq IbrahimeHannan KashouHanadi LoubaniTaghreed MeqdadiEran TzinMirav Tzin
What is a “settler” and why have settlements in Israel become such a source of contention between Palestinians and Israelis? The documentary addresses the differences that divide the country. Are these differences the reason why the two main relationships in the documentary come to an end? Research the history of the wall built in Israel. Other walls in history were created to minimize conflict—what are they and what impact did they have on the societies in which they were built?
