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5 Days in June

Revisiting 1967 around the world and in Israel through film – Summer of Love, Sgt. Pepper, Six-Day War, civil rights issue, and more

The Anderson Platoon

Dir.: Pierre Schoendoerffer
| 65 minutes

Pierre Schoendoerffer follows the American troops knee-deep in Vietnam, bringing forth a direct portrait of the War before history made it a symbol of cruelty and lunacy.

Monterey Pop

Dir.: D.A. Pennebaker
| 78 minutes

One weekend in mid-June 1967, dozens of people came together for the first ever grand music festival. Janis Joplin, Jimi Hendrix, The Who, Simon & Garfunkel are just some of the musicians that performed. A cinematic work that captured the spirit of the Summer of Love.

Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Heart Club Band

Opening remarks: Prof. Oded Heilbronner and Boaz Cohen (in Heb.) goes back in time to 1967, where some of the greatest musicians emerged

The South Bank Show: The Making of Sgt. Pepper

Dir.: Alan Benson
| 50 minutes

The three remaining Beatles and George Martin go through each song, explaining how it was created, the origins of the work, the era, influences and so on…. The result is 50 minutes with the greatest album ever made. 

The 1960s Revolt: Authenticity and Individualism

Speaker (in Heb.): Dr. Gadi Taub

The Graduate

Dir.: Mike Nichols
| 105 minutes

Ben, fresh out of college, finds himself bored with his family’s cocktail party lifestyle. He loses his virginity to Mrs. Robinson, his father’s business partner’s wife, and falling in love with Mrs. Robinson’s daughter, the plot follows the tempestuous romantic triangle. 

Easy Rider

Dir.: Dennis Hopper
| 95 minutes

Easy Rider, about two hippies crossing America on Harleys, is one of the key films of the 1960s. Through a series of encounters across the land, Denis Hopper articulated in cinematic means the credo of a whole generation. The result is a masterpiece that should not be missed.

Israel pre-1967

Prof. Oded Heilbronner (in Heb.) on Israel prior to the Six-Day War, from the conclusion of massive national projects to borders on high alert; Israel is on the verge of major change. Lecture with films from the archive.

Israel and the World After 1967

Speaker (in Heb.): Prof. Oded Heilbronner 

A Woman’s Case

Dir.: Jacques Katmor
| 80 minutes

Jacques Katmor depicts the influence of modern life on women in the encounter between a 40-year-old advertising executive and an attractive young woman. An experimental and provocative work that is considered one of the milestones in Israeli cinema. 

Speaker (in Heb.): Shlomo Hagar

In the Heat of the Night

Dir.: Norman Jewison
| 109 minutes

In a little Mississippi town where prejudice and ignorance are prevalent, an arrogant white policeman is confronted by a slick black detective from the north, in the investigation of the murder of a northern industrialist. An excellent classic that is as relevant and effective as ever. 

Marking 50 Years to the Six-Day War – 50 Years of Occupation

Speaker (in Heb.): Gideon Ofrat

Censored Voices

Dir.: Mor Loushy
| 87 minutes

One week after the 1967 ‘Six-Day War’, a group of young kibbutzinks, led by renowned author Amos Oz, recorded intimate conversations with soldiers returning from the battlefield. The Israeli army censored the recordings, allowing only a fragment of the conversations to be published. 

Three Days and a Child

Dir.: Uri Zohar
| 90 minutes

A young man babysits for the young son of his former girlfriend for a period of three days, during which time he finds himself struggling with his ambivalent feelings towards the child.

Before and After the War – Jerusalem in the Cinema of the 1960s

Adva Magal-Cohen (in Heb.) on the dramatic change in the way Jerusalem is depicted in the films of the 1960s, before and after the Six-Day War

My Margo

Dir.: Menahem Golan
| 100 minutes

A melodrama with comic elements, about the love affair between a young Sephardi girl and an older college professor. Filmed in Jerusalem just two years after its reunification, the Old City is definitely the third hero of this film. 

Avanti Popolo

Dir.: Rafi Bukai
| 84 minutes

A newly restored digital copy of Rafi Bukai's 1986 masterpiece. On the last day of the Six Day War, two Egyptian soldiers set out on a surreal journey through the Sinai Desert in an attempt to get back home safely.

Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner

Dir.: Stanley Kramer
| 108 minutes

A romantic comedy about a man meeting his significant other’s parents for the first time, but with a twist that for 1967 was remarkably precarious – the couple is bi-racial. The result is a romantic tale with substance.