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Radio Propaganda
The film brings for the first time the story of the Israeli radio station Beit Shidir. With the establishment of the State of Israel and the immigration of Jews from Arab countries, the radio station was an active site for producing intelligence and political warfare against Arab countries in the 1940s, 1950s, and 1960s.
From the outside, it was a radio station that broadcast news and songs in Arabic, whereas in practice, the broadcasts were used by the administration for propaganda, psychological warfare, changing public opinion in Arab countries, and activating agents through codes implanted within the broadcasts. Soon the broadcasts became the most terrifying threat that agitated the rulers of the Arab world, and the broadcasters in it were named by the competing radio stations ‘The Israel Broadcasting Corporation’s Propaganda Orchestra’.
Festivals and Awards:
Docaviv Film Festival 2023, Tel Aviv, Israel
Director: Ofer Pinchasov
Producer: Ofer Pinchasov
Production Company: Ofer Pinchasov Productions
Cinematographer: Danor Glaser
Editor: Tor Ben Mayor
Soundtrack Editor: Ronen Nagel
Original Soundtrack: Moshe Daaboul
Supporter(s): The New Fund for Cinema and Television Yehoshua Rabinovich Foundation for the Arts, Yes Docu, The Van Leer Jerusalem Institute, The Kadar Foundation
Visual Effects: Yuval Banayan
Script: Ofer Pinchasov
Distributor: Ofer Pinchasov
Subtitles: English, Hebrew
Film Name in Hebrew: התזמורת
Category: Aliyah / Art and Culture / Borders and Periphery / History / Immigration / Israeli Society / Israeli-Palestinian Conflict / Zionism
Tag Words: 1940s 1950s 1960's agents Arab Countries Arabic Beit Shidir broadcast Codes Jewish Arabs Propoganda Propoganda Orchestra Pshychological Warfare radio
The film brings for the first time the story of the Israeli radio station Beit Shidir. With the establishment of the State of Israel and the immigration of Jews from Arab countries, the radio station was an active site for producing intelligence and political warfare against Arab countries in the 1940s, 1950s, and 1960s.
From the outside, it was a radio station that broadcast news and songs in Arabic, whereas in practice, the broadcasts were used by the administration for propaganda, psychological warfare, changing public opinion in Arab countries, and activating agents through codes implanted within the broadcasts. Soon the broadcasts became the most terrifying threat that agitated the rulers of the Arab world, and the broadcasters in it were named by the competing radio stations ‘The Israel Broadcasting Corporation’s Propaganda Orchestra’.
Festivals and Awards:
Docaviv Film Festival 2023, Tel Aviv, Israel
Director: Ofer Pinchasov
Producer: Ofer Pinchasov
Production Company: Ofer Pinchasov Productions
Cinematographer: Danor Glaser
Editor: Tor Ben Mayor
Soundtrack Editor: Ronen Nagel
Original Soundtrack: Moshe Daaboul
Supporter(s): The New Fund for Cinema and Television Yehoshua Rabinovich Foundation for the Arts, Yes Docu, The Van Leer Jerusalem Institute, The Kadar Foundation
Visual Effects: Yuval Banayan
Script: Ofer Pinchasov
Distributor: Ofer Pinchasov
Subtitles: English, Hebrew
Film Name in Hebrew: התזמורת
Category: Aliyah / Art and Culture / Borders and Periphery / History / Immigration / Israeli Society / Israeli-Palestinian Conflict / Zionism
Tag Words: 1940s 1950s 1960's agents Arab Countries Arabic Beit Shidir broadcast Codes Jewish Arabs Propoganda Propoganda Orchestra Pshychological Warfare radio