Garden |
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| Monday, October 18, 9:40pm Over the course of a year, documentary filmmakers Ruthie Shatz and Adi Barash follow two young men who make their living in the Garden, a desolate section of Tel Aviv where prostitution and drug traffic abound. Nino, a 17-year-old Palestinian living illegally in Israel, and Dudu, an Arab-Israeli struggling with heroin addiction, give Shatz and Barash tremendous access to the most intimate aspects of their lives. The daily struggles of these young men are revealed against the backdrop of Israeli politics and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Both boys fled hostile families as adolescents and long to regain a sense of home. Nino and Dudu are able to comfort each other even as they face a choice between imprisonment and the whims of their clientele. GARDEN does not soften the harsh reality of its subjects’ lives, but offers a vision of hope for trying times.
Broadway Performance Hall |
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