| Rude Awakening | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 643 |
| Catalog #: | 448098 | |
| Clip Number: | 448098-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | PREMIERE 5568 | |
| Timecode: | ||
| Location: | USSR | |
| Year Shot: | 1970 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | Yes | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | CULTURAL GROUPS: Jewish / Hebrew LOCATIONS/ASIA: Russia (USSR) | |
| Description: | "Another filmmaking effort to tell the story of Soviet Jews. This one deals with the subject of emigration to Israel, with one couple who chose to go, notwithstanding contrary advice from a grownup daughter. Experiences completely disillusioning, they felt they had made a tragic mistake; they asked for permission to return. They talked not alone of their own unhappiness in Israel but of the unhappiness of many they had met. Of denial of equal rights with other citizens, of antipathies engendered between people of different nationalities. Commentary includes criticism of Israel, its resort to military adventures, supported by U.S. imperialism; an answer to charges that opposition to Zionism is in effect anti-semitic. The positive account of Jewish writers published in many languages and of the Moldavian Jewish theatre." Judaism, propaganda. 01:03:46:- CU of a photograph on a desk, zoom out to MS of a woman sitting at the desk and reading postcards and letters; ECU of handwritten letter. Montage of daily life in Israel: MS of a Hassidic walking along a sidewalk; MS of a boy selling newspaper on the curb; CU of a rabbi chiseling Hebrew letters into a granite slab; MS's of a shoemaker operating in an alley, people passing by him and his work; MS of an old man carrying groceries; MS of a young Hasidic walking along street; MS of two old homeless women begging for change; MS's of streetside vendors hocking clothes. 01:05:50:- Panning tight LS of three Israeli Phantom fighter jets dropping napalm on an undisclosed Arab site (the weapons were allegedly supplied by "imperialist" United States). MS of Arab women gathering fruit; MS of an explosion; MS of the women running for life. More ground explosions. CU's of Arab men and children lying in hospital beds, suffering from severe napalm burns. MS's of former Israeli Prime Minister GOLDA MEIR inspecting an Israeli tank battalion. LS's of a refugee camp. WWII stills, Nazis persecuting Jews, leading them into concentration camps. 01:07:42:- EST shots of Moldavia's capital. MS of people perusing the racks at a book store; CU's of books printed in Hebrew; CU of event bills printed in Hebrew. MS of man and woman performing a musical number in Yiddish (very vaudevillian in style and substance). MS of men praying in a synagogue, attending Passover celebration; MS of rabbi conducting; CU of piles of matzo bread piled on a table, getting bundled and placed in white bags. MS and CU's of a woman reading a Soviet newspaper. 01:11:02:- LS of a train arriving at a train station; MS's of a tearful family reunion as a young woman greets her mother and father who are returning from Israel; they cry and hug and kiss, the father going to far as to kiss the ground. MS interview with the father re: Israel's Zionism, the problems there. LS of a Socialist parade, people marching happily; MS's as well. | |
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