Dan Katzir

Cinematographer, Writer, Producer

Culture Shock

After Rabbi Nesenoff and Adam Nesenoff interviewed Helen Thomas at the White House, causing an international news story, they continued asking questions across the United States. As they drove westbound they interviewed the '(wo)man on the street', the famous and the infamous.

Three Thousand Miles

The Choices of Rama Lindheim

"Mom died this morning. I have always craved her hugs and her approval, but it did not happen". The film begins right after the funeral of my mom, Ziona. We sit Shiva at my parents' home. My parents represented the melting pot of Tel Aviv: a Sabra and a Berliner physician, who barely escaped the Nazis in 1933.

Shiva for My Mother

Keep it Real: Banksy NYC focuses on the pop-up stand in Central Park created by provocative street artist Banksy during his October 2013 'residency' in New York City.

Keep It Real: Banksy NYC

Today I Vote for My Joey is a tragic comedy about the 2000 Presidential Elections in Palm Beach County. The twenty minute short depicts a group of older, feisty Jews and a Haitian nurse going to vote proudly for the first Jewish Vice-Presidential candidate, Senator Joe Lieberman. Their day is ruined when they find they mistakenly voted for their nemesis, Pat Buchanan.

Today I Vote for My Joey

A documentary that follows prop 19 - The 2010 Tax and regulate Cannabis campaign in California.

Legalize It

War heard through the ears of classical musicians and also seen through their eyes.

Violins in Wartime

This first documentary about Bolivian Jews provides a fascinating look at the rise and decline of the Jewish community in Cocachamba where the Jewish population is down from 2,000 to fewer than 100.

No Way to Say Goodbye

This powerful film documents the courageous struggle of a religious female's group called Women of the Wall movement for equality next to the wailing wall, perhaps the holiest place on earth for Jews. The story of the Women of the Wall is a test case for the deprived status of women in Israeli public life.

Praying in Her Own Voice

Turquoise

Nina is an Athlete

The unknown origin story of how a handful of underdogs risked everything to ignite the current worldwide revolution in cannabis policy.

American Pot Story: Oaksterdam

Only 2 Israeli scientists had craters named after them on the moon. One of them is Prof. Aharon Katzir - one of the fathers of science in Israel. This is his epic story till his violent murder by Japanese terrorists in Ben Gurion Airport.

Science Is A Beacon for All: The Aharon Katzir Story

Documentary feature with unique archival footage, unveiling the unknown story of rescuing thousands of Jewish refugees in Albania (Mostly Muslim state) in WWII. Ennie Altaratz-Francis, who was saved there escaping from Yugoslavia, decides to go to thank whoever she can.

The Albanian Code

The amazing life story of Surika Braverman, one of Israel's most legendary female soldiers.

My Grandma Had A Gun

For decades, four philanthropists have advanced the values of "Tikkun Olam" (repairing the world in Hebrew) to safeguard their communities, the State of Israel, and the Jewish people. They are now joining together to urge coming generations to assume the mantle of philanthropic leadership.

Passing the Torch

Israeli Channel 1 Cinema Magazine Program.

Telecinema

A documentary inspired by an article in the Palestine Post from 1933.

What Hitler Has Done to Tel Aviv

A weekly TV show that brings the best award winning student shorts with Jewish themes to JLTV with critic and explanation about their cultural and historical context.

Student Briefs

Award-winning BBC documentary strand reporting on social issues and current affairs stories from around the world.

This World

The battle to keep Yiddish Theater alive into the 21st century continues.

Yiddish Theater: A Love Story

Once a year, an exclusive group of men travels to a top-secret location somewhere in the wooded mountains of Washington State to compete in an all-day event they call The Outdoorsmen. They battle their way through a series of events that combine physical challenges with high-speed beer chugging.

The Outdoorsmen: Blood, Sweat & Beers

How Arnold went from Terminator to Governator.

How Arnold Won the West

Channel 4 presents a season of documentaries exploring the dark reality of the adult film industry.

The Dark Side of Porn

Dan Katzir's autobiographical film expresses the outcry of his generation, as it struggles to find love and privacy amidst the reality of daily terror and hate. Mr. Katzir, a former officer and paratrooper intimately reveals his loves story with Iris, a charming girl about to begin her army service. A truly poetic film filled with beauty innocence and wisdom.

Out for Love, Be Back Shortly

Set in 1989, during the historical week in which the Berlin Wall came tumbling down. The film is a poignant story about a unique relationship between a grandfather and his grandson before the boys Bar Mitzvah.

Today You Are a Fountain Pen

One Nation: Voices of America

A groundbreaking documentary about Israeli women ready to take command in the Israeli army.

Company Jasmine

Golani Junction has been a site of 2000 years of conflict in Israel. Macdonalds has now joined the fight to rule this important junction.

Junction

A fascinating film about the Jewish Ethiopian efforts to make "Aliyah" (The Hebrew word for returning to their homeland - Israel).