To Die in Jerusalem

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Short / Documentary
Israel / USA, 2007, 40 min

Directed by:

Hilla Medalia

Screenplay:

Hilla Medalia
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Ever since 17-year-old Rachel Levy, an Israeli, was killed four years ago in Jerusalem by a Palestinian suicide bomber, her mother Abigail has found hardly a moment's peace. Levy's killer was Ayat al-Akhras, also 17, a schoolgirl from a Palestinian refugee camp several miles away. The two young women looked unbelievably alike. The film explores the Palestinian-Israeli conflict through the personal loss of two families. (San Sebastian International Film Festival)

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