Additional information for Defamation (Hashmatsa), which has a domestic theatrical release set for November 20, 2009. The film is being distributed by First Run Features and has not yet been rated. Defamation (Hashmatsa) has a total running time of 91 minutes.
13
Argentina
91min
Defamation
Argentina
Defamation
International
Defamation
USA
It Used to Be a Great Flag
International
Sykofantia
Greece
February 05, 2009
Germany
March 14, 2009
Greece
March 31, 2009
Argentina
May , 2009
USA
June , 2009
USA
October 01, 2009
Canada
October 12, 2009
Poland
October 26, 2009
UK
November , 2009
Netherlands
November 20, 2009
USA
May 18, 2010
USA
August 26, 2010
Germany
November 12, 2010
Japan
February 01, 2011
Sweden
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Intent on shaking up the ultimate 'sacred cow' for Jews, Israeli director Yoav Shamir embarks on a provocative - and at times irreverent - quest to answer the question, "What is anti-Semitism today?"
Yoav Shamir tries to take a witty & satirical approach to a deadly serious issue - anti-semitism in today's world. His film & title focus almost exclusively on the unprecedented access he was given to Abe Foxman and the NY-Based Anti-Defamation League (ADL). Shamir tries to document one of the ADL-reported cases of rising anti-semitism, and this leads him to Crown Heights in Brooklyn, where he interviews black youth. He accompanies students on a March of the Living visit to Poland. He is invited to join Foxman on an ADL delegation to Europe, where he discovers that the ADL is closely aligned with the policies of the Israeli government. He then interviews two American academics who have written about this issue (Mearsheimer & Walt) and concludes that Israel's past is preventing it from moving forward. This singular focus on the US-Israeli lobby as a lense with which to view contemporary anti-semitism means that Shamir ignores more sinister forms, such as Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.
Yoav Shamir
Director(s)
Yoav Shamir
Writer(s)
Sandra Itkoff
producer
Karoline Leth
producer
Knut Ogris
producer
Nynne Selin
line producer
Producer(s)
Mischa Krausz
Composer(s)
Himself
Uri Avneri
Himself (as Rabbi Bleich)
Yaakov Bleich
Himself
Gianfranco Fini
Himself (as Professor Norman Finkelstein)
Norman Finkelstein
Himself
Abraham Foxman
Himself (as Rabbi Hecht)
Abraham Hecht
Himself - Minister in Charge of Anti-Semitic Affairs
Isaac Herzog
Himself - Assemblyman
Dov Hikind
Himself - Sociology Professor
David Hirsch
Himself (as Dr. Charles Jacobs)
Charles Jacobs
Himself - Gush Shalom
Teddy Katz
Himself - Journalist
Noah Klinger
Himself - ADL Regional Director New York
Joel Levi
Himself - Reporter
Benjamin Lifschitz
Himself
John Mearsheimer
Himself - ADL Spokesman
Arieh O'Sullivan
Herself - Professor
Dina Porat
Himself - ADL, Los Angeles
Harvey Prince
Herself - ADL, Los Angeles
Suzanne Prince
Himself
Stephen Walt
Himself - ADL Regional Director
Bob Wolfson
Director(s)
Writer(s)
producer
Karoline Leth
producer
Knut Ogris
producer
Nynne Selin
line producer
Producer(s)
Composer(s)
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