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Sister Wife

This  is the story of Tsiporra Bat Israel, a member of the Black Hebrew  Community of Dimona. After twenty one years of marriage she wakes up one  morning to learn that her husband, Hazriel, is marrying a second wife,  fourteen years her junior, as part of the polygamy tradition of the  Black Hebrews. This film attempts to understand how two women can share  one husband. How much pain does it inflict upon them? How much feminine  wisdom is needed to cope with the situation? Will Tsippora and Arela  ever be able to build a bond of sisterhood between them? How much choice  do they really have? This is a film by women about women, who live in  an unusual community, yet at the same time it reflects the experiences  shared by women everywhere.

Festivals and Awards:

IDFA, The Netherlands, 2000; FIPA, Biarritz, France, 2000; Special Mention in the Culture and Society Section at the San Francisco Film Festival, USA, 2001; HotDocs, Canada, 2001; Chicago Film Festival, USA, 2001; Amiens Film Festival, 2001, Banff, 2001

Director: Timna Goldstein, Hadar Kleinman

Producer: Marek Rozenbaum

Production Company: Transfax Film Production Ltd.

Cinematographer: Yoram Ivri, Philippe Bellaiche, Uri Ackerman

Editor: Ami Tir

Supporter(s): A Production of "the Joint Social Fund" established by The New Fund for Cinema and Television and the Second Television and Radio Authority, Keshet Foundation

Distributor: Go2Films

Subtitles: Hebrew, English

Film Name in Hebrew: אישה אחות

This  is the story of Tsiporra Bat Israel, a member of the Black Hebrew  Community of Dimona. After twenty one years of marriage she wakes up one  morning to learn that her husband, Hazriel, is marrying a second wife,  fourteen years her junior, as part of the polygamy tradition of the  Black Hebrews. This film attempts to understand how two women can share  one husband. How much pain does it inflict upon them? How much feminine  wisdom is needed to cope with the situation? Will Tsippora and Arela  ever be able to build a bond of sisterhood between them? How much choice  do they really have? This is a film by women about women, who live in  an unusual community, yet at the same time it reflects the experiences  shared by women everywhere.

Festivals and Awards:

IDFA, The Netherlands, 2000; FIPA, Biarritz, France, 2000; Special Mention in the Culture and Society Section at the San Francisco Film Festival, USA, 2001; HotDocs, Canada, 2001; Chicago Film Festival, USA, 2001; Amiens Film Festival, 2001, Banff, 2001

Director: Timna Goldstein, Hadar Kleinman

Producer: Marek Rozenbaum

Production Company: Transfax Film Production Ltd.

Cinematographer: Yoram Ivri, Philippe Bellaiche, Uri Ackerman

Editor: Ami Tir

Supporter(s): A Production of "the Joint Social Fund" established by The New Fund for Cinema and Television and the Second Television and Radio Authority, Keshet Foundation

Distributor: Go2Films

Subtitles: Hebrew, English

Film Name in Hebrew: אישה אחות

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