{"id":384,"date":"2022-09-23T09:46:44","date_gmt":"2022-09-23T06:46:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eitanwetzler.com\/?page_id=384"},"modified":"2022-09-27T16:53:41","modified_gmt":"2022-09-27T13:53:41","slug":"documentary","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/eitanwetzler.com\/en\/documentary\/","title":{"rendered":"Documentary Films"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Filmmaking for me is a way of life.  The adventure begins to flow with the initial idea.  I have always been fascinated with the secrets of human nature, soul and the universe.<\/p>\n<p>I started making films over 25 years ago.  One of the main objectives in my work has been to create a fruitful dialogue with the subjects of my films and with the crew that participates in creating the film.  Even though this is sometimes difficult to achieve, nevertheless I regard it as a proper and right aspiration.<\/p>\n<p>Works of art, literature, film and others may influence those who seek order and a better world within the chaos that is life itself.  I believe that in every artist, in fact in every human being, the belief in improving the world must be deep rooted.  I regard my outlook as basically humanistic, and in general a straight line connects the films I make to the challenging message of the guide and philosopher A.D. Gordon who said: &#8220;Don&#8217;t fight darkness \u2013 strengthen the light&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Five examples of my documentary films are: <br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=liZLuhU9whs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Caucasian Fighting Club<\/strong><\/a> &#8211; 45 min. This is a about a new immigrant boxer from the Caucasus, fighting his way up, and is a parable about the hardships of living in Israel as a new immigrant.  Israel Channel 2, 2005.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=GrfWNnCBQQk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>The Conflict<\/strong><\/a> &#8211; The film is a part of a 6 films series that was made on Israel&#8217;s 50th anniversary. This particular film, which was first in the series, summarizes a 50 years of The Israeli Palestinian conflict. The series has been produced by the Israeli Broadcasting Authority in the framework of &quot;Tkuma&quot; and shown all over the world including PBS in the US.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Po0AKJYhQVg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Winding Roads<\/strong><\/a> &#8211; 57 min. One year in the life of an 18-year-old Bedouin girl, and her struggle for rights as a Muslim woman.  Israel Channel 1, 2008.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=8V432ZEXELI\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Shooting in the dark<\/strong><\/a> &#8211; The 48 minute film follows Amram Mitzna candidacy for premiership against Ariel Sharon. The film broadcasted at the VPRO Dutch television two days before the 2003 election in Israel.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=QUprbWrkve4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>The Debka<\/strong><\/a> &#8211; A voyage in the middle of the First \u201cIntifada\u201d (The Palestinian uprising) expose, through the art of dancing, a common cultural language Arab and Jews share in this trebled land. Broadcasted in Channel One Israel 1989.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"en-works.html\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\">To a list of some of my  Documentary works<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Filmmaking for me is a way of life. The adventure begins to flow with the initial idea. I have always been fascinated with the secrets of human nature, soul and the universe. I started making films over 25 years ago. One of the main objectives in my work has been to create a fruitful dialogue [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":4,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-left-video.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-384","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eitanwetzler.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/384","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/eitanwetzler.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/eitanwetzler.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eitanwetzler.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eitanwetzler.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=384"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/eitanwetzler.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/384\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":386,"href":"https:\/\/eitanwetzler.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/384\/revisions\/386"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eitanwetzler.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=384"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}