Big Car Collaborative will present a screening and discussion of the award winning documentary TAKING ISRAEL. The 55 minute film recounts the experiences of African-American students who went to Israel over a fifteen year period -1988-2002. The students from Wilberforce University in Ohio spent summers in Israel working at Kibbutz Ramat Menashe, conducting an English summer fun camp ( Kafiada) in the TelAviv suburb Holon and taking classes at Hebrew University in Jerusalem. The students ... view more »
Big Car Collaborative will present a screening and discussion of the award winning documentary TAKING ISRAEL. The 55 minute film recounts the experiences of African-American students who went to Israel over a fifteen year period -1988-2002. The students from Wilberforce University in Ohio spent summers in Israel working at Kibbutz Ramat Menashe, conducting an English summer fun camp ( Kafiada) in the TelAviv suburb Holon and taking classes at Hebrew University in Jerusalem. The students also spent time at the Givat Haviva Center of Peace interacting with Israeli Arabs and Palestinians. Dr Eric Winston retired Vice President at Wilberforce University and Kelly Brewer a former program participant will lead a discussion after the film.
The film’s focus is the cultural interactions between the students and the Israeli’s with whom they came in contact. I addition to cultural understanding the film allowed the students to observe the educational, social and political environment of Israel as African Americans. The program was the outgrowth of a suggestion by Dr Stanley Borenstein, a former Wilberforce Professor who suggested that the University create the “exchange” program as way for the students to satisfy an academic requirement.
The documentary was funded in part by the Efroymson Foundation of Indianapolis and Gofundme.
Dr Eric Winston is a retired Vice President at Wilberforce University and Kelly Brewer a former program participant will lead a discussion after the conclusion.
Taking Israel was produced by Dr. Winston and Directed by Vincent Singleton and has won three awards–Best Documentary at the San Diego Black Film Festival and the Best Documentary and Best Director at the Action on Film Festival, Monrovia,CA.
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