A chronicle of fifty years of trying to make a desert bloom and create a new state, Israel, in the land of British Palestine..
Is it worth your time? Look, if you’re looking for a breezy Friday night watch, keep walking. Zot Hi Ha'aretz is heavy, dry, and feels every bit of its fifty-year scope. It’s for the folks who want to see how the sausage—or rather, the state—was made, warts and all. If you hate slow-moving historical dramas that lean ...
Comparing the cinematic DNA and archive impact of two defining moments in cult history.
Baruch Agadati
Bruno Ziener
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"Is it worth your time? Look, if you’re looking for a breezy Friday night watch, keep walking. Zot Hi Ha'aretz is heavy, dry, and feels every bit of its fifty-year scope. It’s for the folks who want to see how the sausage—or rather, the state—was made, warts and all. If you hate slow-moving historical dramas that lean way too hard into the "pioneering spirit" angle, you’ll probably be checking your phone twenty minutes in. It’s not exactly dynamic. The desert doesn't give up easy There’s this o..."
Shmuel Rodensky
Avigdor Hame'iri
1920 · IMDb —
Bruno Ziener
