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Women/Pioneers
The women pioneers who came here a century ago wanted to build a new world and create a new woman, just as independent as men.
A few dozen of these women established Ein Harod. Writing about themselves and their world, they described their fight for equality and protested against how they were silenced. They struggled against the constraints of the traditional world they came from and the way men interpreted the world that they created.
They lived passionately and experienced many painful failures. In the end, they abandoned their struggle as women to focus on achieving the dream that they shared with men–the dream of creating a new nation. Women/Pioneers tells the story of their turbulent lives through the journals they wrote, which provide a new perspective on archival materials from that time.
Festivals and Awards:
Best Documentary Film Award, International Women's Film Festival, Rehovot 2013; Best Research Award; DocAviv Festival, 2013; Boston Jewish Film Festival, 2013; New York Jewish Film Festival, 2014; Washington Jewish Film Festival, 2014
Director: Michal Aviad
Producer: Edna Kowarsky & Elinor Kowarsky
Production Company: Eden Productions, in co-production with The Steven Spielberg Jewish Film Archives Of The Hebrew University Of Jerusalem And The World Zionist Organization
Cinematographer: Archive
Editor: Erez Laufer
Original Soundtrack: Aviv Aldema
Supporter(s): The New Fund for Cinema and Television
Script: Era Lapid & Michal Aviad
Subtitles: English
Film Name in Hebrew: החלוצות
Relevant Links:
Link to the film's IMDb pageThe women pioneers who came here a century ago wanted to build a new world and create a new woman, just as independent as men.
A few dozen of these women established Ein Harod. Writing about themselves and their world, they described their fight for equality and protested against how they were silenced. They struggled against the constraints of the traditional world they came from and the way men interpreted the world that they created.
They lived passionately and experienced many painful failures. In the end, they abandoned their struggle as women to focus on achieving the dream that they shared with men–the dream of creating a new nation. Women/Pioneers tells the story of their turbulent lives through the journals they wrote, which provide a new perspective on archival materials from that time.
Festivals and Awards:
Best Documentary Film Award, International Women's Film Festival, Rehovot 2013; Best Research Award; DocAviv Festival, 2013; Boston Jewish Film Festival, 2013; New York Jewish Film Festival, 2014; Washington Jewish Film Festival, 2014
Relevant Links:
Link to the film's IMDb pageDirector: Michal Aviad
Producer: Edna Kowarsky & Elinor Kowarsky
Production Company: Eden Productions, in co-production with The Steven Spielberg Jewish Film Archives Of The Hebrew University Of Jerusalem And The World Zionist Organization
Cinematographer: Archive
Editor: Erez Laufer
Original Soundtrack: Aviv Aldema
Supporter(s): The New Fund for Cinema and Television
Script: Era Lapid & Michal Aviad
Subtitles: English
Film Name in Hebrew: החלוצות