DOCUMENTARY
The Shakshuka System (2008) 93minDIR: Miki Rosenthal
The Israeli journalist, Miki Rosenthal, attempt to understand the "behind the scenes relationship between money and government" in Israel.
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The Israeli journalist, Miki Rosenthal, attempt to understand the "behind the scenes relationship between money and government" in Israel. This is the system whereby the government sells its limited resources, cheaply, to a handful of wealthy families. Rosenthal, together with the director and photographer, Ilan Aboodi, chooses a difficult mission - he must track down several complicated multi-billion sheqel deals between the Ofer family, one of Israel's top ten wealthiest families, and the government. Part of the wealth of the Ofer family is the result of its partnership with the government which afforded the family very nice profits and represented significant loss to the state. As it turns out, no one really wants to talk to Rosenthal and Aboodi - no one from the Ofer family or, for that matter, not anyone of the government officials and politicians involved in the privatization or other deals mentioned in the movie. During three years of documentation, Rosenthal uncovers the frightening image of a country which sold its assets cheaply to its wealthiest families, allowing them to pollute the air and take advantage of expensive natural resources. He then shows how several of the officials, upon terminating their work for the government, were employed by the Ofer family.
| Date |
Screening |
Venue |
Tickets |
Sun 6/7 |
1:00pm |
Laemmle's Fallbrook |
Sold Out |
Thu 6/18 |
5:00pm |
Fine Arts Theatre |
Sold Out |