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Movie Info

Genre(s): Documentary

Written by: Yoav Shamir

Directed by: Yoav Shamir

Release Date:
Theatrical: November 20, 2009

Running Time: 91 minutes, Color

Origin: Israel | Denmark | USA | Austria

Language(s): Hebrew | English

Summary

RATING: Not Rated

Intent on shaking up the ultimate ‘sacred cow’ for Jews, Israeli director Yoav Shamir embarks on a provocative - and at times irreverent - quest to answer the question, “What is anti-Semitism today?” Does it remain a dangerous and immediate threat? Or is it a scare tactic used by right-wing Zionists to discredit their critics? (First Run Features)

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Variety Leslie Felperin

End result is at once intelligent, wry and -- there's no way around it -- quintessentially Jewish, in the best sense.

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60

The Hollywood Reporter Ray Bennett

The most affecting scenes, however, involve the class of Israeli teenagers visiting Auschwitz.

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60

Time Out New York S. James Snyder

Like Moore’s modus, Shamir’s stroll is sloppy, but his willingness to tip sacred cows is truly courageous.

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50

Village Voice Scott Foundas

Like most good documentaries, Defamation poses more questions than it purports to answer, before arriving at the mildly reductive postulation that what's past is past.

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