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In this beautiful and exhilarating portrait of shared “sisterhood,” eight Arab and Jewish women enroll in a video production training course. During each session, they do exercises that reflect on their roles as wives and mothers. By focusing on experiences that they all share, they form an empowering bond that bridges cultural divides. Cinema Sabaya is Orit Fouks Rotem’s debut film. As Israel’s #1 movie for 2022, it will be Israel’s nominee to the Oscars.


Virtual Guest Speaker: Dr. Masua Sagiv, PhD., Hartman Institute.


Underwritten by Consulate General of Israel to the Pacific Northwest; Buttercup Diner • Bar; Deana & Harvey Freedman in memory of their son David, Z”L; Heidi & Norimi Yamaguchi; Betsy Fels Pottruck.


Co-sponsor: Congregation B’nai Tikvah.


Dr. Masua Sagiv


Dr. Masua Sagiv is Scholar in Residence of the Shalom Hartman Institute based in the San Francisco Bay Area and the Koret Visiting Assistant Professor of Jewish and Israel Studies at UC Berkeley. Dr. Sagiv's scholarly work focuses on the development of contemporary Judaism in Israel, as a culture, religion, nationality, and as part of Israel’s identity as a Jewish and democratic state. Her research explores the role of law, state actors and civil society organizations in promoting social change across diverse issues: shared society, religion and gender, religion and state, and Jewish peoplehood.

  • Year
    2021
  • Runtime
    95 minutes
  • Language
    Arabic, Hebrew
  • Country
    Israel
  • Director
    Orit Fouks Rotem
  • Screenwriter
    Orit Fouks Rotem
  • Producer
    Gal Greenspan, Roi Kurland, Maya Fischer
  • Executive Producer
    Moshe Edery, Ori Eisen
  • Co-Producer
    Aurelien Bodinaux, Rhian Vialva
  • Cast
    Dana Ivgy, Aseel Farhat, Khawlah Hag-Debsy, Joanna Said, Amal Murkus, Marlene Bajali, Yulia Tagil, Ruth Landau, Liora Levi, Orit Samuel
  • Cinematographer
    Itay Marom
  • Editor
    Neta Dvorkis
  • Composer
    Karni Postel
  • Sound Design
    Julien Mizac