His middle class family grew, as did the State of Israel, celebrated the holidays, and in 1967, was caught up in the euphoria of the State's 6-day war victories. So much so that in Purim 1968, Yoni and his brothers dressed up as the recently captured Wailing Wall and a fleeing Palestinian. It is at this Purim party that the movie opens and jumps ahead 4 years to Pesach 1972, after Yoni is expelled from school for failing all his courses. Michael Rapaport plays Zack, a motherless, self-assured Jewish teenager who loves rap music and is best friends with Dee, an African American woman who attends a Detroit high school with him.
Nut resents their interracial relationship and causes problems.
Won an award at Sundance. Focus is on the friendship between one woman who is from Eastern European parentage, and another who is from Sephardic-Turkish parentage, and the differences between their hopes, attitudes, and family expectations. 37 South Wabash Ave. The film was attacked by the Right and the Left. Turning its attention to the present generation of soldiers who are obliged to serve in Gaza and the West Bank, the film gives voice to such critics of the occupation as writers Amos Oz and David Grossman and also addresses the question of torture.