A Lesson in Persistence

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A Lesson in Persistence

In Dimona, Israel, in 2003, six unemployed residents of a forgotten southern town  are off to a brand new world of cinematic creation, a refuge from their harsh existence and a promise of a different future, as they are accepted to a TV course. As their new classes advance, a movie within a movie begins to play out as the characters take over the camera and turn it towards themselves and their surroundings. Six vital characters create a moving document, a first hand testimony, free from stereotypes and clichés – the portrait of a society in distress.

Director: Itzik Lerner

Producer: Itzik Lerner, Dudi Bergman

Cinematographer: Ronen Mayo, Oded Kirma

Editor: Yair Oren

Supporter(s): The New Fund for Cinema and Television, The Second Television and Radio Authority, The Israel National Lotery

Script: tzik Lerner, David Balasahn

Subtitles: English

Film Name in Hebrew: שיעור בעקשנות

In Dimona, Israel, in 2003, six unemployed residents of a forgotten southern town  are off to a brand new world of cinematic creation, a refuge from their harsh existence and a promise of a different future, as they are accepted to a TV course. As their new classes advance, a movie within a movie begins to play out as the characters take over the camera and turn it towards themselves and their surroundings. Six vital characters create a moving document, a first hand testimony, free from stereotypes and clichés – the portrait of a society in distress.

 

Director: Itzik Lerner

Producer: Itzik Lerner, Dudi Bergman

Cinematographer: Ronen Mayo, Oded Kirma

Editor: Yair Oren

Supporter(s): The New Fund for Cinema and Television, The Second Television and Radio Authority, The Israel National Lotery

Script: tzik Lerner, David Balasahn

Subtitles: English

Film Name in Hebrew: שיעור בעקשנות

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