Izkor: Slaves of Memory

Overview

Izkor is about the orchestration of memory. The film shows how school children of all ages in Israel are taught to pay tribute to their nation's past. It keenly observes how some memories are even physically conditioned into the future generations. "One of the most truly, most intelligent, most terrible and sharpest films about Israeli society. A film on memory and politics: this is the way that Israeli society exploits its myths to train people to have no doubts or remorse, creating the soldiers of the future wars." (Tom Segev - Haaretz)

Details

Status

Released

Release date

January 2, 1991

Original language

Hebrew

Spoken languages

Hebrew

Countries

France, Germany, Israel, United States of America

Director

Eyal Sivan

Writer

Eyal Sivan

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt0102135