James' Journey to Jerusalem ( Massa'ot James Be'eretz Hakodesh )

James' Journey to Jerusalem (DVD) (*)

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Original Title: Massa'ot James Be'eretz Hakodesh
Screened, competed or awarded at:
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Subtitles )
French ( Subtitles )
Hebrew ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )

Product Origin/Format:
France ( PAL/Region 2 )

Running Time:
90 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (1.85:1)

Special Features:
Cast/Crew Interview(s)
Interactive Menu
Music Video

Movie filmed in 2003 and produced in:
Israel ( Africa, Middle East )

Directed By:
Ra'anan Alexandrowicz

Written By:
Ra'anan Alexandrowicz
Sami Duenias

Actors:
Siyabonga Melongisi Shibe ..... James
Salim Dau ..... Shimi Shabati
Arieh Elias ..... Sallah Shabati
Sandra Schonwald ..... Rachel
Hugh Masebenza ..... Skomboze
Florence Bloch ..... Re'uma
Ya'akov Ronen Morad ..... Police Officer
Yael Levental ..... Immigration Officer
David Nabegamabo ..... Pastor
Pascal I. Newton ..... Job

Synopsis:

Ra'anan Alexandrowicz's film, shot in unpretty video, is about the moral conflict between religious idealism and the crude materialism of the modern world. James (Siyabonga Melongisi Shibe), a devout young African Christian, is sent to Israel on a pilgrimage, but is taken for one of the many illegal migrants who come to that country looking for work. He winds up living in a cramped apartment with other immigrants, who are hired out for menial labor by a businessman named Shimi (Salim Daw). The contrast between James's guilelessness and the duplicity and corruption of Israeli society is a bit heavy-handed, as is the story of James's material rise and spiritual fall. But Mr. Shibe is a smart and subtle actor who draws you into his character's predicament, and at its best the film has the sad, generous glow of genuine humanism.

South African actor Siyabonga Melongisi Shibe stars as a devout Christian who becomes part of Tel Aviv's migrant force after making a pilgrimage from his African village to the Holy Land in director Ra'anan Alexandrowicz's cinematic look at the contrast between hypocritical Western values and cultural Israeli divisions. After embarking on a religious journey to the Holy Land in a quest to find spiritual fulfillment, James (Shibe)'s subsequent involvement with the impoverished migrant workforce finds his religious journey sidetracked by an increasing desire to give his wealthy employers an unanticipated run for their money.

This product was added to our catalog on Friday 20 April, 2007.

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