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Sweet Mud
(Adama Meshuga’at)
Thursday, July 26, 7:00 pm
N.Y. Premiere—Israel—97 minutes
In Hebrew with subtitles
Written and Directed by Dror Shau.
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With Tomer Steinhof, Ronit Yudkevitz,
Shai Avivi, Pini Tavger
It is 1974 and Dvir, 12, is entering his bar mitzvah
year living on a kibbutz. He will have many
difficult tasks to fulfill on the road to becoming
a man, but the most difficult one of all is coping
with his mother Miri, whom he loves above
all else.
Casting a critical and intensely personal eye on
life on a kibbutz, Sweet Mud peels away the
layers of folklore and romanticism in settings
of lush visual beauty. This compelling new film
from Israel captured the World Cinema Jury
Prize for Dramatic Feature at this year’s
Sundance Film Festival. Produced by Bettina
Brokemper, Philippa Kowarsky, Johannes Rexin,
Sharon Shamir, Dror Shaul, and Edgard
Tenenbaum. Director of Photography:
Sebastian Edschmid. From Bavaria Film
International.
Accompanying Short:
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My Backyard was a Mountain
U.S.A.—24 minutes
Written and Directed by Adam Schlachter.
Told as the memory of an aging gentleman,
My Backyard Was a Mountain is the story of
Adan, a Puerto Rican boy who one day has to
find a home for his pet goat, Chivo, before his
family relocates to New York City in the 1950s.
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