2sdays: "Tel Aviv on Fire"
2sdays: "Tel Aviv on Fire"
Lighthearted and entertaining aren’t words often used to describe movies about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, but the characterization fits Tel Aviv on Fire to a T. Salam, a charming 30-year-old Palestinian living in Jerusalem, works as a trainee on the Palestinian popular soap opera "Tel Aviv on Fire," produced in Ramallah. Every day, to reach the TV studios, Salam has to go through a rather difficult Israeli checkpoint. There he meets the commander of the checkpoint, Assi,,whose wife is a big fan of the soap opera. In order to please her, Assi puts pressure on Salam to change the end of the show. Salam quickly realizes that Assi's ideas could help him be promoted to screenwriter. Salam's creative career is suddenly boiling, until Assi and the soap opera producers and financiers disagree on how it should end. Assi wants to steer the show’s plot toward an improbable friendly Israeli-Palestinian relationship, while Salam’s colleagues envision a more rebellious ending.“Tel Aviv on Fire works quite well in presenting a unique situation for an area that could use more lighthearted stories targeting a mainstream audience,” says Aaron Neuwirth of We Live Entertainment. 1:37. Not rated. In Arabic and Hebrew with English subtitles.
- Date:
- Tuesday, January 7, 2020 Show more dates
- Time:
- 2:00pm - 4:00pm Eastern Time
- Location:
- Multi-Purpose Room A
- Library:
- Dover Public Library
- Audience:
- Adults
- Categories:
- Community and Culture