Inventing Our Life: The Kibbutz Experiment (2010)

Inventing Our Life examines the 100 year history of Israel's kibbutz movement, one of the world's longest running and most successful experiments in pure communism. Recreating its glorious ... See full summary »

Director:

Toby Perl Freilich

Writer:

Toby Perl Freilich

Storyline

Inventing Our Life examines the 100 year history of Israel's kibbutz movement, one of the world's longest running and most successful experiments in pure communism. Recreating its glorious past and chronicling its recent decline, Inventing Our Life focuses on the heartbreak and hope of the modern kibbutz, as a new generation struggles to insure its survival. Can a radically socialist institution survive a new market-driven reality with its ideological integrity intact? How will this affect the lives of the tens of thousands of people who still believe in the kibbutz experiment and continue to call it home? As the film progresses, the drama shifts from Can it survive? to Yes, but at what price?

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Plot Keywords:

kibbutz | israel | socialism | communal living | settler | 

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Genres:

Documentary | History

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Certificate:

Not Rated

Details

Country:

USA Israel

Language:

English Hebrew

Release Date:

7 September 2010 (USA)

Filming Locations:

Israel

Box Office

Opening Weekend:

$6,193 (USA) (27 April 2012)

Gross:

$14,413 (USA) (8 June 2012)

Company Credits

Technical Specs

Runtime:

79 min

Color:

Color

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