P.S. Jerusalem

[An] emotion-wracked and politically challenging multi-year journey.
-- Chris Barsanti, PopMatters

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P.S. Jerusalem

Filmmaker Danae Elon began to film her young sons the minute she and husband Philip decided to leave New York and go home to Jerusalem. Her father — Israeli author Amos Elon — had just died and she decided to return home to Jerusalem, where she grew up and her father had written about. Amos Elon was one of Israel’s leading intellectuals and writers. He left the country in 2002 disillusioned with the place he had dedicated his entire life to writing about. His daughter decides against his last wishes to go back. Through the prism of family, she documents her sons encountering a different place, of extremes and violence. In this portrait of their lives as they grow, she illustrates in a poetic and personal way the reality of what the polarization of political reality can do to a beloved place. Post Script Jerusalem presents us with a universal portrait of the pain that happens, as a beloved city becomes a place of polarized hatreds. It is a portrait of Israel and Israeli society, from the inside out.

Cinema South International Film Festival (June 2015)
Toronto International Film Festival (September 2015)
Haifa International Film Festival (October 2015)
DOC NYC (Nov 2015)
RIDM - Montreal International Documentary Festival (Nov 2015)
Rendez-Vous du Cinéma Québécois (Feb 2016)
Berlin Film Festival (Feb 2016)
Festival du Film et Forum International sur les Droits Humains de Genève (March 2016)
London Human Rights Watch Film Festival (March 2016)
Not Rated
Genre
Documentary, Jewish Culture, Politics & World Affairs
Runtime
87
Language
English
Director
Danae Elon
FEATURED REVIEW
Serena Donadoni, Village Voice

Danae Elon did go home again, to a Jerusalem she knew deeply and barely recognized. Her thoughtful documentary about relocating to Israel with partner Philip Touitou and their young sons offers an intimate look at a family’s adjustment as well as personal observations of the deep-seated conflicts ...

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