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The Collaborator and His Family

(The Collaborator and His Family)
8.9/ 10
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Original Title : The Collaborator and His Family
Time : 85 Min
Genre : Documentary, Crime, Drama
Project Type : Movie
Year of release : 2011
Director : Adi Barash, Ruthie Shatz
Writer : Ruthie Shatz
Producer : Adi Barash, Ross Kauffman, Ruthie Shatz
Project State : completed
Origin Country/Region : United States, Japan, Germany
Original Language : Hebrew, Arabic
About : The Collaborator and His Family is a chronicle of family, assimilation and espionage that follows the El-Akels, a Palestinian family whose father, Ibrahim, has been a collaborator out of ideology with the Israeli security services for 20 ...See moreThe Collaborator and His Family is a chronicle of family, assimilation and espionage that follows the El-Akels, a Palestinian family whose father, Ibrahim, has been a collaborator out of ideology with the Israeli security services for 20 years. Branded as traitors by Palestinians, the entire family fled to Israel seeking asylum as promised by Ibrahim's Israeli 'operator.' Over a two-and-a-half-year period, as each day passes with no progress towards citizenship, tension builds within the family. Alienated and humiliated, Ibrahim's wife Yusra, three teenage sons and two daughters bear the consequences of Ibrahim's decision while struggling to assimilate into Israeli society. Co-directors Adi Barash and Ruthie Shatz gain intimate access to the hardest moments the family face, observing as each connecting thread between family members unravels. This unflinching documentary highlights the experience of the many who risk their lives to collaborate with an enemy. - Written by Karina Rotenstein, Hot Docs See less Read more: Plot summary

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