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Recognized (Mukarim) by Ori Kleiner. Israel/USA, 2007, 61 min, Digibeta, U.S. Premiere
Bedouins appear in the Israeli collective consciousness as either “ethnographic” or “demographic” issues. Their representation keeps most Israelis from seeing them as people with hopes and dreams, frustrations and fears, possessing a past and a future. Recognized focuses on five people whom history has cast in the roles of protagonists, antagonized by a state that has established itself on their ancestral lands. Recognized is not a film about Bedouins, but about people forced into the role of Bedouins—the only identity the State of Israel allows them, and the very identity it systematically denies them.
Preceded by: POW 57187, by Vahid Zara Zade. Iran, 2007, 29 min, DVCam
Fri, Nov 9, 4:30 P.M. Q&A with director Ori Kleiner
Synopsis
Bedouins appear in the Israeli collective consciousness as either “ethnographic” or “demographic” issues. Their representation keeps most Israelis from seeing them as people with hopes and dreams, frustrations and fears, possessing a past and a future. Recognized focuses on five people whom history has cast in the roles of protagonists, antagonized by a state that has established itself on their ancestral lands. Recognized is not a film about Bedouins, but about people forced into the role of Bedouins—the only identity the State of Israel allows them, and the very identity it systematically denies them.
Filmmaker's Biography
Ori Kleiner is an artist and documentary filmmaker residing in New York. Born and raised in Haifa, Kleiner received his B.F.A. in multimedia arts from the School of Visual Arts and his M.F.A. in film and media from the Hunter College Integrated Media Arts program. He teaches design and media at Parsons – The New School for Design.
Credits
Writer: Ori Kleiner
Producer: Ori Kleiner
Cinematographer: Ori Kleiner, Natasha Dudinski
Editor: Ori Kleiner
Sound: Grundik Kasyansky
Music: Grundik Kasyansky
Print Source
Ori Kleiner
Email: ori@holyfly.com
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