Israeli Movies

Four films that illustrate and illuminate the culture of Israel's Mizrahi citizens

Films by and about Middle Eastern and North African Jews in Israel

The relationship between Israeli cinema and its establishment has often been an uneasy one. Nonetheless, the history of Israeli cinema mirrors the history of Israel itself.

Israeli films portray the ties and the tensions between Jews and Arabs.

Shadow cinema.

Liberal politics in Israeli movies of the 1980s and '90s.