''Hummus the Movie'' is a 2015
documentary film by
Oren Rosenfeld
Oren Rosenfeld (born 29 January 1976) is an Multi-Emmy Award winning Israeli documentary filmmaker, photojournalist, and film producer.
Career
Rosenfeld was born in Jerusalem on 29 Januar 1976. He started his career as a photojournalist cover ...
. The film presents the unifying power of a foodway through three main characters.
''Hummus'' is pegged to three stories about
hummus
Hummus (, ; ar, حُمُّص, 'chickpeas'; full Arabic name: ''ḥummuṣ bi-ṭ-ṭaḥīna'' ar, حمص بالطحينة, 'chickpeas with tahini'), also spelled hommus or houmous, is a Middle Eastern dip, spread, or savory dish made fr ...
-related careers, a Muslim, a Christian and a Jew. The Muslim is a woman named Suheila who runs a hummus restaurant in
Acco and is known for her charity to the poor. The Christian is a young man whose family has been making hummus in
Ramle for three generations and who is torn between staying in the family business or following his girlfriend to
Berlin. The Jew, a man from a secular background who has become devout, joined the
Breslover sect, and now sells hummus at a food stall in a gas station in the Israeli town of Yokneam. The segment features
Yehoshua Sofer, a Jamaican-born
rapper who had a hit Israeli pop song about hummus and influenced the Jewish hummus shop owner in Yokneam to become pious.
''Hummus the Movie'' premiered at the 2016
Seattle International Film Festival and has since gone on to be selected for inclusion in film festivals and events around the globe.
Awards
2017 - awarded for the best movie presenting modern Jewish life and culture, at
Jewish Motifs International Film Festival
Jewish Motifs International Film Festival ( pl, Międzynarodowy Festiwal Filmowy Żydowskie Motywy) is a major Jewish-themed film festival held annually in Warsaw, Poland. The festival has been held every year since 2004.
"The biggest European f ...
in
Warsaw,
Poland.
2017 - awarded Best Feature Documentary
ARFF International
Berlin,
Amsterdam,
Paris,
Barcelona at ARFF February 2017
References
External links
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2015 films
Documentary films about the Arab–Israeli conflict