Ajami

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7.3/10

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Ajami Trailer - Five stories about the everyday life in Ajami - a religiously mixed community of Muslims and Christians in Tel Aviv.

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Ajami is the religiously mixed community of Muslims and Christians in Tel Aviv. These are five stories about the everyday life in Ajami.Ajami is the religiously mixed community of Muslims and Christians in Tel Aviv. These are five stories about the everyday life in Ajami.Ajami is the religiously mixed community of Muslims and Christians in Tel Aviv. These are five stories about the everyday life in Ajami.

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Nominated for 1 Oscar
- 15 wins & 10 nominations total

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Shahir Kabaha and Ranin Karim in Ajami (2009)

Shahir Kabaha and Fouad Habash in Ajami (2009)

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Trivia
The scene where the cops drive around and someone tries to sell them stolen red shoes, was not staged. They were actually shooting in the car and were interrupted by that man. As the actors used to be actual cops, they reacted like they would, and later the filmmakers decided to keep that scene.

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Dando Ben David: A guy was murdered in Jaffe. The whole department worked 24 hours nonstop. I haven't slept, because the kids drove me nuts. Bless their hearts.

Connections
Featured in Siskel & Ebert & the Movies: Valentine's Day/Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief/The Wolfman/Ajami (2010)

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9/10

A film for all tastes

I attended a 'full house' screening at the Tricycle Cinema in London, having invited a party of 6 people of different ages and backgrounds. The consensus was unanimous, an excellently executed film, showing the rawness and tensions simmering within Israel's Arab & Jewish populations.

In his pre-screening presentation the director correctly focused on one of the core reasons why Jews & Arabs continue to be suspicious of the other...in many ways it is down to the Jews not speaking Arabic and only a few of the Arabs speaking Hebrew. It is amazing that the Israeli government has yet to address this issue.

This is definitely a film which needs to be seen twice in order to comprehend all the various nuances. Two scenes stood out for me...the Judgement scene at the Beduin elder...and Dando's family grieving.

Well done!

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