Across the River
Human-Interest Documentaries
•
59m
For years Moshe has been warning his community of HIV disease to stop it from spreading. In Ethiopia, he finds thousands of Jews, waiting in compounds to fulfill their dream and immigrate to Israel. A journey back to his isolated village reveals a story about a curious young man, who marked the way to the exodus of the Ethiopian Jews, and now feels he must save his community.
Year: 2009
Language: Hebrew, English subtitles
Director: Duki Dror
Producer: Duki Dror
Up Next in Human-Interest Documentaries
-
The Secret Ingredient
Uri and Neta, the owners of the Indian restaurant "24 Rupee" in Tel Aviv, and Lilach, a photographer, decided to travel to India, in search for the "secret ingredient" in Indian food. This simple search after the secret ingredient in Indian food, leads them to encounters and experiences that only...
-
Hope I'm in the Frame
Michal Bat-Adam was the first Israeli woman film director and the only one who has been creating films since the 1970s. The intimate portrait of the trailblazing filmmaker follows her shooting a new low-budget film while exploring her relationship with her husband of 40 years, the film director M...
-
Desert Brides
Miriam El Kwader, a Bedouin wedding photographer and mother of seven, living in an unknown and neglected Negev village, reveals through her camera lens, the world of Bedouin weddings; the most distressing issue revealed is polygamy. This is the story of three, relatively educated and independent ...
