ISRAELISM
2022
DOCUMENTARY
dir. Eric Axelman and Sam Eilertsen
FEATURING
CORNEL WEST
NOAM CHOMSKY
SIMONE ZIMMERMAN
BAHA HILO
ABE FOXMAN
and MORE
TEAM
ERIC AXELMAN CO-DIRECTOR, PRODUCER
SAM EILERTSEN CO-DIRECTOR, DIR. OF PHOTOGRAPHY
TONY HALE EDITOR
LOREN FULTON COMPOSER / SOUND DESIGNER
BRIAN A. KATES EXEC. PRODUCER / SUPERVISING EDITOR
DEENA ODELLE HYATT COMMUNICATIONS / ASSOC. PRODUCER
LIBBY LENKINSKI EXECUTIVE PRODUCER
GILI GETZ EXECUTIVE PRODUCER
DANIEL BYERS EXECUTIVE PRODUCER
NATE BIRNBAUM CO-PRODUCER
SYNOPSIS
Two young American Jews - Simone and Eitan - are raised to defend the state of Israel, but when they visit ‘the promised land,’ what they see on the ground shocks and deeply disturbs them. Ultimately they become activists against Israel’s occupation of the Palestinians. Through their stories, Israelism examines the fierce and deepening divide over Israel within the American Jewish community, as a growing number of American Jews become partners in the Palestinian movement for liberation and freedom.
