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Checkpoint (2013)
"Machsom", the Hebrew word for "Checkpoint", tells the story of Yaniv Greenblatt, a barely 19 Israeli soldier stationed at one of the most dangerous such checkpoints along the West Bank. He would like to be a pacifist and struggles to be fair to the Palestinians, but has to contend with the prying eyes of his superiors. The problems Yaniv faces at home are no easier. His mother is a wheelchair bound hard-right-winger due to the same terrorist attack that killed her husband. The story centers on Yaniv's relationship with his younger brother, Avi, who attends one of the few mixed Jewish-Arab schools in Israel, and builds towards an incident at the checkpoint that challenges all involved to reconsider their previous resolve.
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"Machsom", the Hebrew word for "Checkpoint", tells the story of Yaniv Greenblatt, a barely 19 Israeli soldier stationed at one of the most dangerous such checkpoints along the West Bank. He would like to be a pacifist and struggles to be fair to the Palestinians, but has to contend with the prying eyes of his superiors. The problems Yaniv faces at home are no easier. His mother is a wheelchair bound hard-right-winger due to the same terrorist attack that killed her husband. The story centers on Yaniv's relationship with his younger brother, Avi, who attends one of the few mixed Jewish-Arab schools in Israel, and builds towards an incident at the checkpoint that challenges all involved to reconsider their previous resolve.
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Written By:Joel Novoa, Frederic J.A. Richter
In Theaters:5/30/2013
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Runtime:24 minutes
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Joel Novoa
Director
Nick Greene
Yaniv Greenblatt
Ari Frenkel
David Melamed
Sharon Ben Tovim
Dana Hurtzler
Alexander Kaminer
Moshe Hamish
Dove Meir
Boaz Krantz
Naomi Cohen
Dalit Banmaman-Vainberg
Ayman Samman
Khalil Haddad
Yousif Alshekh
Mohammed Haddad
Tahor Graves
Avi Greenblatt
Elad Ziv
Iftaj Weissman
Maz Siam
Daoud Suleiman
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