Arab Labor. The complete first season
(DVD)
Contributors
Qashu, Sayed, 1975- Screenwriter
Paran, Daniel. Creator
Ninio, Ron. Director
Issa, Norman. Actor
Khoury, Clara. Actor
Paran, Daniel. Creator
Ninio, Ron. Director
Issa, Norman. Actor
Khoury, Clara. Actor
Published
[Israel] : New York, NY : Keshet Broadcasting Ltd. and Dori Media Paran Ltd. : Distributed by Lorber HT Digital, c2008 ; c2009.
Edition
Full screen.
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (300 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Status
Atascadero Library - Adult DVD - Adult Audiovisual
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Published
[Israel] : New York, NY : Keshet Broadcasting Ltd. and Dori Media Paran Ltd. : Distributed by Lorber HT Digital, c2008 ; c2009.
Format
DVD
Edition
Full screen.
Language
heb
UPC
718122565672
Notes
General Note
Title from container and opening frames.
General Note
"Dori Media Paran presents" --At head of title.
General Note
Produced for Keshet Broadcasting, Ch. 2 (2007-2008) -- Cover.
General Note
Originally broadcast on Link TV.
General Note
Special features: "24 minute behind the scenes look" ; interview with creator Sayed Kashua.
Creation/Production Credits
Director episodes 1-9, Roni Ninio ; director episodes 10-11, Yaakov (Yankul) Goldwasser ; creators, Daniel Paran, Sayed Kashua, Roni Ninio ; music, DAM ; editor, Roni Eisman.
Participants/Performers
Norman Issa, Clara Khoury, Salim Daw, Mariano Idelman, Mira Awad.
Description
In Fall 2008, Link TV presented the U.S. broadcast premiere of the controversial hit Israeli comedy series Arab Labor (Avoda Aravit). Created by Sayed Kashua, a 32-year-old Israeli-born Palestinian journalist, Arab Labor (translated from the Hebrew "Avoda Aravit" which colloquially implies "shoddy or second-rate work") focuses on Amjad, a Palestinian journalist and Israeli citizen in search of his identity as he seeks high status in the society into which he was born but where his car is searched everyday when he drives from his neighborhood to his job at a newspaper in Jerusalem. Poking fun at the cultural divide, Kashua and his characters play on religious, cultural and political differences to daringly depict the mixed society that is Israel. This show marked a milestone on Israeli television as the first program to present Palestinian characters speaking Arabic on primetime. Arab Labor has generated great controversy between Arab and Israeli media and Link TV is premiering the program to the U.S. television audience in order to offer a fresh perspective on Israeli-Palestinian cultural friction while presenting an unbelievably entertaining show that has made an international splash.-- www.linktv.org/arablabor
System Details
DVD ; NTSC ; Region 0 (worldwide); widescreen.
Language
Hebrew and Arabic with English subtitles.
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