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Pole, Dancer and a Movie
Pole dancing may have started in strip clubs, but over the past few years it has won international recognition as an art form, a sport and a means of empowering women. Director Isri Halpern follows Neta Lee Levy, the founder of Israel’s first pole dancing studio, as she competes for the European title. He discovers an outspoken and frank woman, who challenges the very world she lives in no less than she challenges the world she came from. She demonstrates that, at the dawn of the twenty-first century, a woman in a bikini and high heels may also be made of the same material champions are made of.
Festivals and Awards:
Best Documentary at DocAviv Film Festival, Israel 2013
Director: Isri Halpern
Producer: Isri Halpern
Production Company: Halpern Films
Cinematographer: Isri Halpern
Editor: Isri Halpern, Michal Tsviboim
Supporter(s): The New Fund for Cinema and Television, Yes Doco
Script: Isri Halpern, Joelle Alexis, Michal Tsviboim
Distributor: Ruth Diskin Films
Subtitles: English, Hebrew
Film Name in Hebrew: רקדנית, עמוד וסרט
Category: Art and Culture / Israeli Society / Women
Tag Words: artist athlete Champion courage Dance dancer pole dancing Sexuality
Pole dancing may have started in strip clubs, but over the past few years it has won international recognition as an art form, a sport and a means of empowering women. Director Isri Halpern follows Neta Lee Levy, the founder of Israel’s first pole dancing studio, as she competes for the European title. He discovers an outspoken and frank woman, who challenges the very world she lives in no less than she challenges the world she came from. She demonstrates that, at the dawn of the twenty-first century, a woman in a bikini and high heels may also be made of the same material champions are made of.
Festivals and Awards:
Best Documentary at DocAviv Film Festival, Israel 2013
Director: Isri Halpern
Producer: Isri Halpern
Production Company: Halpern Films
Cinematographer: Isri Halpern
Editor: Isri Halpern, Michal Tsviboim
Supporter(s): The New Fund for Cinema and Television, Yes Doco
Script: Isri Halpern, Joelle Alexis, Michal Tsviboim
Distributor: Ruth Diskin Films
Subtitles: English, Hebrew
Film Name in Hebrew: רקדנית, עמוד וסרט
Category: Art and Culture / Israeli Society / Women
Tag Words: artist athlete Champion courage Dance dancer pole dancing Sexuality