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Description of a Memory

NR 1 hr 20 minDocumentary
DESCRIPTION OF A MEMORY examines the complexities of Israels history through the lens of Chris Markers 1960 film DESCRIPTION OF A STRUGGLE DESCRIPTION DUN COMBAT a portrait of the country made 13 years after its founding Marker went to Israel as an outsider looking to discover the spirit of the young country through its language of signs He found a place whose unique moral and political obligations could provide a new humane model of nationhood to the world In DESCRIPTION OF A MEMORY director Dan Geva an Israeli explores what has happened in his homeland in the years since with a more critical eye asking whether the promises Marker identified have been fulfilled Structured by thirteen memories the film is an openended essayistic meditation on the distance between the ideals that fueled the creation of Israel and the realities of its history
DirectorDan Geva

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Original Language:English