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Announcing the publication of a new book
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Israeli Film: A Reference Guide
By Amy Kronish and Costel Safirman
Published by Greenwood Press, 2003
Description: Israeli cinema is a central tool for understanding the contemporary challenges facing Israeli society as it has developed its identity during the past decades. Although films can be considered individual pieces of work, we can gain a unique perspective on the nation's society through a careful analysis of the subject matter, issues, and styles of expression of this unique medium. Since its inception, Israeli cinema has been occupied with the hardships of an ongoing war, problems of Jewish-Arab relations, a
Despite this focus, Israeli filmmaking is in fact much more complex and varied. Indeed, it covers a wide spectrum of issues that have developed during the 70 years during the production of its first feature film.
Israeli Film: A Reference Guide provides a survey of all major films made in Israel, as well as biographies of major Israeli filmmakers and an overview essay summarizing major trends in Israeli film--and, in doing so, offers a commentary on social trends, historical challenges, and societal issues.
Author Information:
AMY KRONISH is a freelance film consultant from Jerusalem who writes, teaches and travels extensively speaking on issues dealing with Israeli society through film. She is also a documentary filmmaker. For 15 years she worked at the Jerusalem Cinematheque/Israel Film Archive, where she served as Curator of Jewish and Israeli Film. She is previously the author of World Cinema: Israel (published by Flicks Books and Associated Univ. Press at Fairleigh Dickinson, 1996). [EMAIL PROTECTED]
COSTEL SAFIRMAN is the Head of Research and Library Services at the Jerusalem Cinematheque/Israel Film Archive, where he has worked since 1988. A prizewinning director of documentary films, he has published many articles and film reviews. [EMAIL PROTECTED]
List Price: $79.95 � ISBN: 0-313-32144-2 � Pages: 280
To order: visit [ http://www.greenwood.com/ ] / call 1-800-225-5800 / fax 1-203-750-9790
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