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Honorable Ambassador
In this heartwarming and often humorous documentary, Mickey Arbel, the Israeli Ambassador in Cameroon, Africa, sets out on a long and exhausting journey into the deep jungles and arid deserts of Africa, to persuade the villagers of the need for drip-irrigation, which would resolve once and for all the severe irrigation problems of this very underdeveloped country. Israel, recognized as the world leader in drip-irrigation technology, shares its innovative technologies with countries around the world – but, on the ground, things don’t always go as expected. Filmmaker Jonathan Paz follows Arbel on this cinematically colorful journey – a journey that is by turns frustrating, exciting, surreal and funny. For the charismatic and driven Arbel, it is also an inner journey deep into himself.
Festivals and Awards:
Toronto Jewish Film Festival, Canada, 2013; Jerusalem International Film Festival, Israel, 2012
Director: Jonathan Paz
Producer: Jonathan Paz
Production Company: Valley Train Productions
Cinematographer: Rotem Yaron
Editor: Shimon Spector, Kati Diakova
Original Soundtrack: Yonatan Likman
Supporter(s): The New Fund for Cinema and Television
Subtitles: Hebrew, English
Film Name in Hebrew: כבוד השגריר
Category: Economy / Environment / International Stories
Tag Words: Africa Cameroon Desert drip-irrigation irrigation Isarel jungle Mickey Arbel technology villagers water
In this heartwarming and often humorous documentary, Mickey Arbel, the Israeli Ambassador in Cameroon, Africa, sets out on a long and exhausting journey into the deep jungles and arid deserts of Africa, to persuade the villagers of the need for drip-irrigation, which would resolve once and for all the severe irrigation problems of this very underdeveloped country. Israel, recognized as the world leader in drip-irrigation technology, shares its innovative technologies with countries around the world – but, on the ground, things don’t always go as expected. Filmmaker Jonathan Paz follows Arbel on this cinematically colorful journey – a journey that is by turns frustrating, exciting, surreal and funny. For the charismatic and driven Arbel, it is also an inner journey deep into himself.
Festivals and Awards:
Toronto Jewish Film Festival, Canada, 2013; Jerusalem International Film Festival, Israel, 2012
Director: Jonathan Paz
Producer: Jonathan Paz
Production Company: Valley Train Productions
Cinematographer: Rotem Yaron
Editor: Shimon Spector, Kati Diakova
Original Soundtrack: Yonatan Likman
Supporter(s): The New Fund for Cinema and Television
Subtitles: Hebrew, English
Film Name in Hebrew: כבוד השגריר
Category: Economy / Environment / International Stories
Tag Words: Africa Cameroon Desert drip-irrigation irrigation Isarel jungle Mickey Arbel technology villagers water