Between Fences
6.5
Avi Mograbi documents an Eritrean and Sudanese asylum seekers’ theatre workshop taking place in an immigration detention centre. In the process, he posits a flurry of questions: What leads men and women to upend their lives and embark on a journey into the unknown? Why does Israel, a country founded by and for refugees, refuse to consider the status of those who have fled war, genocide, and persecution in their native countries, as the mandated by the Refugee Convention? And are Israelis, who work with the asylum seekers, capable of walking a mile in their shoes and relating to their predicament?
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Avi Mograbi Director · Noam Enbar Composer Philippe Bellaiche Cinematographer
First release February 13, 2016 · Produced in France, Israel · Languages Arabic, Hebrew
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France · Israel
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Original title
בין גדרות
Original language
Hebrew
Spoken on screen
Arabic · Hebrew
Release dates
Germany · February 13, 2016
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
Brazil
October 7, 2016 · Rio de Janeiro International Film Festival
France
March 18, 2016 · Cinéma du Réel
Israel
May 27, 2016 · DocAviv Film Festival
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