IDFA 1991
Bikuro shel sadat be Israel 1977
Welcome to Jerusalem
Micha Shagrir
Israel
1978
52 min
A documentary film chronicling Egyptian President Anwar Sadat's historic 44 hour visit to Jerusalem in November 1977. By focusing on the emotional aspects of the visit, the film vividly presents the joy and hope of the Israeli people that this visit may signify a serious movement toward a peaceful settlement in the Middle East.
One journal has described welcome to Jerusalem as a "feast for the eyes … with the viewer feeling as if he had been there." According to " … there's no question that welcome to jerusalem … is the result of intelligent film-making, even if largely ad hoc, whose key features include a broad perspective of history relayed in a warm, story-telling form.
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