ID

FBW000178      

Country / Year

USA, 1955

Original Title

Hands of the Builders

Directed by

Lasar Dunner

Produced by

Educational Documentary Films, New York, NY; for Mizrachi Women's Organization of America, New York, NY

Staff

Producer: Paul Victor Falkenberg; Script: Marc Siegel; Supervision: Marc Siegel; Camera: Lasar Dunner

Length

35'

Format

16mm/farbe/1:1,37

Remarks

1. In zwei (engl./jidd.) Versionen produziert.
2. Die zweite ("My Hens and I" [1955 USA / Lasar Dunner]) und dritte Episode ("The Story of Ben-Ari" [1955 USA / Lasar Dunner]) sind auch als jeweils selbständige Filme hergestellt und vertrieben worden.

Abstract

Three seperate episodes showing work of Mizrachi. 1. A young couple who fall in love. 2. "My Hens and I". A young henkeeper in a children's village in Israel who solves the mystery of some missing chicken feed and gets a few lessons in democracy. Photographed at the Bessie Gotsfeld Children's Village and Farm School, Raanana, Israel. 3. "The Story of Ben-Ari". A newly-arrived North African Jewish family brought into the life of Israel. Depicts the steps by which the family is integrated into the cultural and economic pattern of modern Israel. Stresses the impact of Social services on the family.

Subject Terms

1950-1959; Exile films; Israel

Materials

- Filmmuseum Berlin - Deutsche Kinemathek, Berlin; Brief, Paul Falkenberg an Joshua L. Lewis (Mizrachi Women's) (11.09.1952), Typoscript, 2 S.

Bibliography

- Antonini, Josephine S.: Educational Film Guide. 1954-1958, New York, NY: H.W. Wilson Company, 1958
- N.N.: , The Jewish Audio-Visual Review New York, NY: National Council on Jewish Audio-Visual Materials; American Association for Jewish Education, 1962
- N.N.: , The Jewish Audio-Visual Review New York, NY: National Council on Jewish Audio-Visual Materials; American Association for Jewish Education, 1967
- N.N.: The Jewish Audio-Visual Review, New York, NY: National Council on Jewish Audio-Visual Materials; American Association for Jewish Education, 1973
- Fox, Stuart: Jewish Films in the United States. New York, NY: K.G. Hall, 1976
- Loewy, Ronny: "Die Welt neu zusammenfügen. Paul Falkenbergs Filme einer 'Displaced Society'", in: Filmexil (Berlin), Nr. 8, November, 01.11.1996