Dimona Twist

New York Jewish Film Festival

Film

Monday, January 23, 2017
4 – 5:30 pm
Walter Reade Theater: 165 West 65th Street

Israeli documentarian Michal Aviad (The Women Pioneers) returns to the NYJFF with another moving film focusing on the lives of women in Israel, specifically those from North Africa and Poland who came by ship in the 1950s and 1960s and were sent to Dimona, a newly established town in the desert. They talk about the pain of leaving their homes behind, about poverty and the difficulties of adjusting in their new homeland, and about their determined attempts to create rich and meaningful lives. These intimate conversations are interwoven with stunning archival footage and music of the time.