AMERICA

Eli, an Israeli swimming coach now living in Chicago, returns home after 10 years for his father’s funeral. He reunites with Yotam, his closest childhood friend, meets Yotam’s Ethiopian fiancée, and sets off a series of events that changes all of their lives forever. Written/directed by Ofir Graizer (creator of the award-winning film The Cakemaker), this artfully crafted film deals with conflicted cultural identities and an unusual love triangle.  

Bonus Content: Talk by Dr. Rachel Harris

Rachel S. Harris holds the Gimelstob Chair, serving as Director of Jewish Studies and Professor of Cinema and Media Studies at Florida Atlantic University. 

She currently holds a Fulbright Senior Scholar award at Tel Aviv University. 

She is the author of:

Casting a Giant Shadow: The Transnational Shaping of Israeli Cinema (2021, co-edited), 

Teaching the Arab-Israeli Conflict (2019, edited volume),

Warriors, Witches, Whores: Women in Israeli Cinema (2017),

An Ideological Death: Suicide in Israeli Literature (2014), and 

Narratives of Dissent: War in Contemporary Israeli Arts and Culture (2012). 

She is editor-in-chief of the Journal of Jewish Identities and co-editor of a new four-volume translation project: An Anthology of Modern Hebrew Literature.