South Tel Aviv school thrilled with Oscar nod

27.01.2011                     22.Shevat, 5771

Kultur:

South Tel Aviv school thrilled with Oscar nod

Best documentary nominee ‘Strangers No More,’ about the Bialik-Rogozin school, was made by American filmmakers.

Filmmakers and teachers from a south Tel Aviv school were riding high with excitement on Wednesday, a day after it was announced that a film focusing on the lives of its pupils and teachers was nominated for an Oscar in the Best Documentary Short category, to be awarded at the 83rd Academy Awards on February 27.
Strangers No More is a 40- minute documentary by American filmmakers Kirk Simon and Karen Goodman that follows the lives of the school’s educators – in particular principal Keren Tal and teacher Smadar Moeres – and takes viewers into the day-to-day lives of three students: Johannes from Ethiopia, Esther from South Africa and Muhammad from Darfur….