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The Prime Ministers: The Pioneers
The Prime Ministers: The Pioneers (2013)
, 1h55
Genres Documentary
Themes Films about religion, Documentary films about politics, Documentary films about religion, Political films, Films about Jews and Judaism
Actors Sandra Bullock, Michael Douglas, Leonard Nimoy, Christoph Waltz

Ce documentaire emmène le public à l'intérieur des bureaux des premiers ministres israéliens à travers les yeux d'un initié, Yehuda Avner, qui a servi comme aide-chef, rédacteur de discours à Levi Eshkol, Golda Meir, Yitzhak Rabin, Menachem Begin et Shimon Peres
The Silver Fez
The Silver Fez (2009)
, 1h23
Origin South africa
Genres Documentary
Themes Films about music and musicians, Films about religion, Documentary films about music and musicians, Documentaire sur une personnalité, Documentary films about religion, Musical films, Films about Islam

Once upon a time in a city at the end of Africa, Kaatji Davids, a house painter with barely two cents to his name, an old banjo and a few very close friends had the audacity to imagine that he would be the one to beat Hadji Bucks, undisputed champion of Cape Malay music. The prize is the Silver Fez, Holy Grail of Cape Town's Islamic subculture. The contest involves a cast of thousands and a staggering variety of melodies.
The Sons of Eilaboun
The Sons of Eilaboun (2007)
, 24minutes
Directed by Hisham Zreiq
Origin Israel
Genres Documentary
Themes Films set in Africa, Films about religion, Documentary films about law, Documentary films about war, Documentary films about historical events, Documentaire sur une personnalité, Documentary films about politics, Documentary films about religion, Political films, Films about Jews and Judaism

The film starts with Melia Zreiq, an old woman from Eilaboun, saying: "I hope God will bring peace to this land, and let the peoples live together - a good life. I hope there will be peace". Historian Ilan Pappe talks about Plan Dalet, a plan that David Ben-Gurion and the Haganah leaders in Palestine worked out during autumn 1947 to spring 1948. Pappe discusses the details of the plan, and how was it carried out. On October 30, 1948, the Israeli army entered Eilaboun at approximately 5 AM. They then forced the villagers together in the main square of the village. They chose seventeen young men. Five of them were taken as human shield, and the rest of the twelve were killed, each in a different location. This all happened after the expulsion of the rest of the village to Lebanon, where they became refugees after a five days forced march to Lebanon. After a United Nations peace keeper observed and reported Israel was forced to allow the people back.
Trembling Before G-d
Trembling Before G-d (2001)
, 1h24
Directed by Sandi Simcha DuBowski
Origin Israel
Genres Documentary
Themes Films about religion, Films about sexuality, Bisexuality-related films, LGBT-related films, Documentaire sur l'homosexualité, Documentary films about religion, Films about Jews and Judaism, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related films about religion, LGBT-related film

Trembling Before G-d interviews and follows several gay and lesbian Orthodox Jews, many only seen in silhouette, and also interviews several rabbis and psychologists regarding their views on homosexuality in Orthodox Judaism. The film repeatedly returns to several characters:
Tulku
Tulku (2012)
, 1h15
Directed by Gesar Mukpo
Origin Canada
Genres Documentary
Themes Films about religion, Films about Tibet, Documentaire sur une personnalité, Documentary films about religion, Films about Buddhism
Actors Gesar Mukpo

Gesar Mukpo begins by interviewing a fellow Canadian, Dylan Henderson, who was the first Caucasian tulku discovered in the West, recognized in 1975 by Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche as the incarnation of one of his teachers. The identification was confirmed by Rangjung Rigpe Dorje, the 16th Karmapa, who requested that Henderson come to the Rumtek Monastery in India for the rest of his life. Chögyam Trungpa, however, recommended that he remain in the West. Henderson maintains his Buddhist studies and practices, but without the form and structure present in the East. He has a degree in anthropology and history.
Turkish Passport
Turkish Passport (2011)
, 1h31
Genres Drama, Documentary, Historical
Themes Films about racism, Films about religion, Documentary films about racism, Documentary films about law, Documentary films about war, Documentary films about historical events, Documentaire sur une personnalité, Documentary films about politics, Documentary films about religion, Political films, Films about Jews and Judaism, Documentary films about World War II

Turkish Passport tells the story of diplomats posted to Turkish embassies and consulates in several European countries, who saved numerous Jews during the Second World War. Whether they pulled them out of Nazi concentration camps or took them off the trains that were taking them to the camps, the diplomats, in the end, ensured that the Jews who were Turkish citizens could return to Turkey and thus be saved. Based on the testimonies of witnesses who traveled to Istanbul to find safety, Turkish Passport also uses written historical documents and archive footage to tell this story of rescue and bring to light the events of the time. The diplomats saved not only the lives of Turkish Jews, but also rescued foreign Jews condemned to a certain death by giving them Turkish passports. In this dark period of history, their actions lit the candle of hope and allowed these people to travel to Turkey, where they found light. Through interviews conducted with surviving Jews who had boarded the trains traveling from France to Turkey, and talks with the diplomats and their families who saved their lives, the film demonstrates that "as long as good people are ready to act, evil cannot overcome".