No. 17
General Information
- Original Title
- Haharug Ha-17
- Author/Creator
- Ofek, David, director.
- Language
- Hebrew.
- Subtitles
- English
- Published
- Israel, 2003.
- Physical Description
- DVD-ROM (76 min.)
- Digital ver. identifier
- HU_OSA_00001827
Contents/Summary
- Summary
- Seventeen people died in a bomb explosion in a bus traveling from Tel Aviv in June 2002. Police were unable to identify one of the victims, and as a result the body was buried in an anonymous grave separated from the Jewish part of the cemetery, on the assumption that it was a foreign worker. Israeli director David Ofek decided, with the help of his crew, to reconstruct the entire course of the tragic event and ascertain the true identity of the unknown victim. During six months of filming, which is reminiscent of a detective investigation, the filmmakers set out for clues of the mysterious victim number 17. From a girl who got off the bus a stop earlier, they are able to get a description of the victim. After publicizing the information in the newspapers, they are eventually able to discover that the victim was a Jewish settler, whose family came from Morocco. The makers of this documentary are able to form a mosaic of the intimate, personal views of those in Israeli society who live in the shadow of a Palestinian suicide attack.
Subjects
- Genre
- Documentary films
Bibliographic Information
- Title Translation
- No. 17
- Note
- Duration: 01:16:00
Holdings
| Item Type | Current Location | Call Number | Status | Shelving Location | Public Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DVD-ROM | OSA Film Library | FL Record 0013 | Available | - | |
| Digital film | OSA Film Library | FL Record 0013 (HU_OSA_00001827.mp4) | Available | Access Copy, MP4 format |