Word: jephtach
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...willful: an army-bound son and the proud father unwilling to leave his violent homeland amid the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. The theme of self-sacrifice for the sake of family preservation manifested itself in the desert trek of a Sudanese family to Jerusalem in Einat Kapach's Jephtach's Daughter. The highlight of the screenings, however, was Ido, an award-winning documentary directed by Gilaad Goldschmidt, which combined similar themes of youthful rebellion and family relationship with a more contemporary edge. Ido's title character is the singer of a rock band in Israel who undergoes a religious conversion which...
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