The Skies are Closer in Homesh
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The Skies are Closer in Homesh
A highly personal documentary that follows a newly wed Jewish couple through their first few years of married life on a dangerous Israeli settlement in the West Bank. The diarist documentary exposes what life is like for Menorah, a young and nervous settler, who was married on the day of a terrorist attack, spent her honeymoon trapped inside her home because of terrorism, and sleeps with a gun under her pillow. The film follows the evolution of her relationship with both her husband and her home through their crucial early stages. From a terrorist attack the night of Passover that murdered close friends to the birth of her first child, Menorah turns on her camera to share highly personal moments.
Festivals and Awards:
Doc Aviv International Film Festival, 2004; International Hamptons Film Festival, 2005
Director: Menorah Chazani
Producer: Hillel Weber
Cinematographer: Gil Mezuman and Menorah Chazani
Editor: Zohar Navon
Original Soundtrack: Doron Shenkar
Supporter(s): The New Fund for Cinema and Television (NFCT); Reshet
Subtitles: English
Film Name in Hebrew: בחומש קרוב לשמים
Category: Borders and Periphery / Family / Israeli Society / Israeli-Palestinian Conflict / Women
Tag Words: giving birth intifada marriage Motherhood settlers Terrorism West Bank
A highly personal documentary that follows a newly wed Jewish couple through their first few years of married life on a dangerous Israeli settlement in the West Bank. The diarist documentary exposes what life is like for Menorah, a young and nervous settler, who was married on the day of a terrorist attack, spent her honeymoon trapped inside her home because of terrorism, and sleeps with a gun under her pillow. The film follows the evolution of her relationship with both her husband and her home through their crucial early stages. From a terrorist attack the night of Passover that murdered close friends to the birth of her first child, Menorah turns on her camera to share highly personal moments.
Festivals and Awards:
Doc Aviv International Film Festival, 2004; International Hamptons Film Festival, 2005
Director: Menorah Chazani
Producer: Hillel Weber
Cinematographer: Gil Mezuman and Menorah Chazani
Editor: Zohar Navon
Original Soundtrack: Doron Shenkar
Supporter(s): The New Fund for Cinema and Television (NFCT); Reshet
Subtitles: English
Film Name in Hebrew: בחומש קרוב לשמים
Category: Borders and Periphery / Family / Israeli Society / Israeli-Palestinian Conflict / Women
Tag Words: giving birth intifada marriage Motherhood settlers Terrorism West Bank