Evergreen

Films by and about Middle Eastern and North African Jews in Israel

Love him or despise him, Woody Allen is an American-Jewish filmmaking legend.

Woody Allen goes to hell.

Mel Brooks' humor springs from Jews' outsider status and history of persecution.

The relationship between Israeli cinema and its establishment has often been an uneasy one. Nonetheless, the history of Israeli cinema mirrors the history of Israel itself.

Israeli films portray the ties and the tensions between Jews and Arabs.

Jewish film festivals are wildly popular--and for some moviegoers, are a major expression of their Judaism.

Despite the Jewish dominance of Hollywood, Jewish filmmakers were not always comfortable portraying Jewish themes on screen.

Shadow cinema.

Liberal politics in Israeli movies of the 1980s and '90s.