Zero Degrees of Separation
6.8
This feature documentary breaks with the sensationalistic media coverage of the Middle East by documenting the everyday lives of same-sex Palestinian-Israeli couples. Faced with the modern injustices of work visas, checkpoints, harassment and prejudices, these brave individuals resist oppression and take small steps each day to build a sense of peace, mutual respect and hope. Filmmaker Elle Flanders draws on her own story of growing up with Zionist grandparents who were intimately involved in the founding of the state of Israel. Their haunting archival home movies evoke an idealized Israel of the 1950s and summon larger questions about humanity, conflict and nationalist aspiration.
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Elle Flanders Director
United States release June 22, 2005
Languages
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English
Release dates
Germany · February 13, 2005
Berlin International Film Festival
United States · June 22, 2005
Theatrical
France
March 11, 2006 · International Women's Film Festival of Creteil
Iceland
October 4, 2005 · Reykjavik International Film Festival
Japan
July 23, 2007 · Kansai Queer Film Festival
United Kingdom
April 11, 2006 · London Lesbian and Gay Film Festival
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