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Release Date: 2002

Cast: Raida Adoon, Motti Katz, Sami Samir, Tatjana Blacher, Moshe Ivgy

Categories: Movies, Feminist Film, Social problem film, World cinema

Yellow Asphalt (Hebrew: אספלט צהוב‎, Asfalt Tzahov) is an Israeli movie depicting Jahalin Bedouins and their way of life, specifically their conflict with Israeli Jews. The film is a pastiche of three short stories depicted sequentially: The stories are shot on location in the Judean desert, and casts members of the Jahalin Bedouin tribe in acting roles. The three shorts are woven together by the presence of the same village elders in all the films, who happen to be actual members of the Jahalin Bedouin. The movie was released with Hebrew and Arabic audio tracks. The shorts are... MORE

Yellow Asphalt (Hebrew: אספלט צהוב‎, Asfalt Tzahov) is an Israeli movie depicting Jahalin Bedouins and their way of life, specifically their conflict with Israeli Jews. The film is a pastiche of three short stories depicted sequentially: The stories are shot on location in the Judean desert, and casts members of the Jahalin Bedouin tribe in acting roles. The three shorts are woven together by the presence of the same village elders in all the films, who happen to be actual members of the Jahalin Bedouin. The movie was released with Hebrew and Arabic audio tracks. The shorts are based on true events, and the director actually lived with the Bedouin tribe for some time before making the movie, learning their view of things portrayed in the movie. The entire movie took seven years to create. The movie tries to portray the clash of civilizations between the Bedouins and Israeli Jews in a non-judgmental manner. Shot before the Second Intifada, the movie steers clear of political themes, focusing instead on social issues. A Bedouin boy is run over by an Israeli tanker while crossing the highway with his donkey. The truck driver and his help decide to move the body to the side of the LESS