COMRADE DOV synopsis

Goddamned communist. Internal enemy. Privileged Tel Aviv Ashkenazi.
It seems Dov Khenin has been called almost everything during his 13-year tenure as Member of Knesset for the Jewish-Arab party ‘Hadash’.
For years, director Barak Heymann has been following this leading legislator, creating a film that examines the open wounds of contemporary Israeli society: from the forced removal of the residents of Givat Amal to turbulent meetings of the Knesset’s Finance Committee, and down to the violent events at Umm al-Hiran.

Comrade Dov is a surprising, thought-provoking portrait of a unique politician, who refuses to give up even as reality deals him one cruel blow after another

Director & Producer: BARAK HEYMANN
Co- Director: URI LEVI
Editing: NILI FELLER
Cinematography: URI LEVI, BARAK HEYMANN
Original Music: OPHIR LEIBOVITCH
Sound Design & Mix: AVIV ALDEMA

★★★★
Israel Today

★★★★★
Time Out

★★★★
Haaretz

Haaretz | Netta Ahituv
“A beautiful, intimate, exciting and entertaining movie”
http://bit.ly/2Kuh94G

glz.co.il Radio | Rino Zror
“Great movie. A love song in pictures. Unforgettable scenes”
https://youtu.be/r5D0BQr2OZI

JewishCurrents | Mairav Zonszein
“Comrade Dov is compelling because Khenin himself is: a figure who refuses to give up hope, however hopeless the situation.”
https://jewishcurrents.org/one-of-us/

• DocAviv (in competition) 2019 | Israel
• Other Israel Film Festival 2019 | USA
• Watch Docs 2019 | Poland
• Festival Internacional Signos da Noite 2020 | Portugal
• Vancouver Jewish Film Festival 2020 | Canada
• Seret International Film Festival 2020 | UK
• Toronto Jewish Film Festival 2020 | Canada