International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam

Jesus Politics

Ilan Ziv, France / USA / The Netherlands, 2008, color, video, 58'

IDFA Forum

Logline

My physical and personal journey across America during the 2008 US presidential elections is being transformed into a personal cinematic essay exploring the role religion plays in American politics . In my long journey I follow four grass root activists , hold a series of personal dialogs with people on the road and reflect on the issue that baffled me the most since I left Israel thirty years ago in search of a "secular haven

Project information

Status:	development / research
Title:	Jesus Politics
Country:	France, The Netherlands, USA

Credits

Director
Ilan Ziv
Production
Serge Gordey for Bo Travail!
Co-Production
Ilan Ziv for Tamouz Media
Rob Hof for Hof Filmprodukties
Commissioning Editor
Hans Robert Eisenhauer for ZDF/ARTE

Selected for

IDFA Forum 2007

Quick Search

Genre: Politics / Society
Country of Production: France
Country of Production: Netherlands, The
Country of Production: USA
Length: 50 - 60
Length: more than 60
IDFA Forum category: Central Pitch

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