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  • The Collaborator and His Family (2011)
  • Not Rated
    85 min | Documentary, Crime, Drama
The Collaborator and His Family (2011)
Not Rated
85 min | Documentary, Crime, Drama
The Collaborator and His Family is a chronicle of family, assimilation and espionage that follows the El-Akels, a Palestinian family whose father, Ibrahim, has been a collaborator out of ideology with the Israeli security services for 20 ...See moreThe Collaborator and His Family is a chronicle of family, assimilation and espionage that follows the El-Akels, a Palestinian family whose father, Ibrahim, has been a collaborator out of ideology with the Israeli security services for 20 years. Branded as traitors by Palestinians, the entire family fled to Israel seeking asylum as promised by Ibrahim's Israeli 'operator.' Over a two-and-a-half-year period, as each day passes with no progress towards citizenship, tension builds within the family. Alienated and humiliated, Ibrahim's wife Yusra, three teenage sons and two daughters bear the consequences of Ibrahim's decision while struggling to assimilate into Israeli society. Co-directors Adi Barash and Ruthie Shatz gain intimate access to the hardest moments the family face, observing as each connecting thread between family members unravels. This unflinching documentary highlights the experience of the many who risk their lives to collaborate with an enemy. - Written by Karina Rotenstein, Hot Docs See less
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Directors
Adi Barash | Ruthie Shatz (as Ruth Shatz)
Writer
Ruthie Shatz
Producers
Adi Barash | Ross Kauffman | Ruthie Shatz (as Ruth Shatz)
Composer
Uri Frost
Cinematographer
Adi Barash
Editor
Janus Billeskov Jansen
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Updated Mar 11, 2011
Release date
Apr 9, 2011 (Switzerland)
Awards
4 wins

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