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This is the story of eight Israeli Arab widows forced to enter the workforce for the first time with no vocational training.
As widows with no income, they are condemned to stay at home and raise their children on a meager social security allowance. The film tracks the progress and development of the unconventional pickle jar factory the women decide to create as they work to change their fate, and how their plan affects their personal lives – family weddings, bereavement, loneliness and some serious fun.
Festivals and Awards:
International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam, the Netherlands, 2005; Thessaloniki Documentary Film Festival, Greece, 2006; DocAviv International Film Festival, Israel, 2006; International Film Festival Flahertiana Perm, Russia, 2006; Special Mention at EBS Documentary Film Festival, Seoul, Korea, 2006; CrossRoads International Film Festival, USA, 2007; Best Feature Documentary Award at the Message to Man Film Festival, San Petersburg, Russia, 2007
Director: Dalit Kimor
Producer: Nitza Gonen
Production Company: Gon Productions
Cinematographer: Nili Atzlan, Avigail Sperber
Editor: Rachel Yagil
Original Soundtrack: Arik Rudich
Supporter(s): The New Fund for Cinema and Television, ITVS USA, the Second Authority for Television and Radio, WNET/Wide Angle
Subtitles: Hebrew, English
Film Name in Hebrew: חמוצים
Category: Economy / Family / Identity / Minorities / Women
Tag Words: Arab Israeli Arab minority economic empowerment factory social security allowance vocational training widows
This is the story of eight Israeli Arab widows forced to enter the workforce for the first time with no vocational training.
As widows with no income, they are condemned to stay at home and raise their children on a meager social security allowance. The film tracks the progress and development of the unconventional pickle jar factory the women decide to create as they work to change their fate, and how their plan affects their personal lives – family weddings, bereavement, loneliness and some serious fun.
Festivals and Awards:
International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam, the Netherlands, 2005; Thessaloniki Documentary Film Festival, Greece, 2006; DocAviv International Film Festival, Israel, 2006; International Film Festival Flahertiana Perm, Russia, 2006; Special Mention at EBS Documentary Film Festival, Seoul, Korea, 2006; CrossRoads International Film Festival, USA, 2007; Best Feature Documentary Award at the Message to Man Film Festival, San Petersburg, Russia, 2007
Director: Dalit Kimor
Producer: Nitza Gonen
Production Company: Gon Productions
Cinematographer: Nili Atzlan, Avigail Sperber
Editor: Rachel Yagil
Original Soundtrack: Arik Rudich
Supporter(s): The New Fund for Cinema and Television, ITVS USA, the Second Authority for Television and Radio, WNET/Wide Angle
Subtitles: Hebrew, English
Film Name in Hebrew: חמוצים
Category: Economy / Family / Identity / Minorities / Women
Tag Words: Arab Israeli Arab minority economic empowerment factory social security allowance vocational training widows
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