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Available on DVD May 18
For 50 million Americans, the End of the World is just the beginning
Directors Kate Davis, David Heilbroner and Franco Sacchi have been making award-winning documentaries for 15 years. Davis won more than 25 awards for Southern Comfort, including the Grand Jury Prize at Sundance, and she also won an Emmy for Outstanding Directing for Nonfiction Programming for Jockey. Heilbroner has made over a dozen films on social justice issues, and Franco Sacchi's recent film This is Nollywood was released worldwide. DVD Bonus Features • Bonus Film: Interfaith Roundtable Discussion “ “An eye-opening look at what 50 million fellow Americans believe.” - BOSTON PHOENIX “Alarmingly good! A terrific documentary.” - Ella Taylor, THE VILLAGE VOICE “The best contribution to the Evangelical genre since Jesus Camp.” “A riveting and provocative film.” - THE JEWISH JOURNAL “Scrupulously thorough and fair-minded. Completely nonpolemical, non-judgmental... and refreshing.” - BOX OFFICE MAGAZINE “An exceptionally well-made documentary. Both entertaining and a gem of enlightenment.” Waiting for Armageddon UPC: 7-20229-91430-7 |
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Available on DVD May 18 “An incredibly bold and brave film.” –MICHAEL MOORE
Speaking with an array of people from across the political spectrum (including the head of the Anti-Defamation League and its fiercest critic, author Norman Finkelstein) and traveling to places like Auschwitz (alongside Israeli school kids) and Brooklyn (to explore reports of violence against Jews), Shamir discovers the realities of anti-Semitism today. His findings are shocking, enlightening and - surprisingly - often wryly funny. Winner of the Stanley Kubrick Award for Bold and Innovative Filmmaking at Michael Moore’s Traverse City Film Festival, the prestigious Grierson Award for Best Documentary at the BFI London Film Festival and the Audience Award for Best Documentary at the Warsaw International Film Festival (not to mention earning a Nomination for Best Documetary at the European Film Awards and being honored with a Special Jury Prize at the 2009 Tribeca Film Festival for “addressing such a controversial subject with a humorous”), DEFAMATION has provoked exuberant audience reactions (and critical response) around the world, as it becomes one of the most talked-about documentaries of the year. Filmmaker Yoav Shamir was born and lives in Tel-Aviv where he attended Tel-Aviv University, receiving a B.A. in History and Philosophy and an MFA in Cinema. He has made several films that explore modern Israeli life (Checkpoint, 5 Days, Flipping Out) and is regarded as being enormously provocative because of his critical views of Israeli policies toward Palestinians. “Anti-Semitism is the ultimate 'sacred cow' for Jews,” Shamir wrote recently. “While I did not set out to slaughter that cow, even the most sacred of cows needs to be shaken up every once in a while.” DVD Bonus Features • Filmmaker Statement • Biographies • More “An incredibly bold and brave film.” - Filmmaker Michael Moore “Truly courageous! Yoav Shamir IS the Israeli Michael Moore.” - TIME OUT NEW YORK “Provocative and timely, intelligent and wry.” - Leslie Felperin, VARIETY “Profound and passionate.” - Ray Bennett, FILM JOURNAL INTERNATIONAL “This is muscular, intelligent documentary filmmaking of the first order - trenchant, controversial, riveting.” - Harvey S. Karten, COMPUSERVE “Works brilliantly! Shocking, surprisingly funny... Defamation is an education!” “A must -see for thoughtf ul friends and critics of Israel.” “The most important Jewish movie of the year.” - Akiva Gottlieb, THE JEWISH JOURNAL “Alternately sweet-tempered and outrageous... will spark long arguments deep into the night among Jewish and non-Jewish viewers alike.” - Andrew O’Hehir, SALON DEFAMATION UPC: 7-20229-91427-7 |
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America’s 50-million strong Evangelical community is convinced that the world’s future is foretold in Biblical prophecy, from the Rapture to the Battle of Armageddon. Waiting for Armageddon explores this apocalyptic worldview, from the homefront in America to the future battlefield of Israel. By weaving Christian, Zionist, and Jewish perspectives along with telling archival materials, this eyeopening film also probes the potentially explosive alliance between Evangelical Christians and Israel...an alliance that may set the stage for what one Evangelical leader calls “World War III."
Fascinating. Bold, courageous and honest. FOOD FOR THOUGHT FOR US ALL.” 
Intent on shaking up the ultimate ‘sacred cow’ for Jews, Israeli director Yoav Shamir embarks on a provocative – and at times irreverent – quest to answer the question, “What is anti-Semitism today?” Does it remain a dangerous and immediate threat? Or is it a scare tactic used by right-wing Zionists to discredit their critics?