{"id":2428,"date":"2014-06-15T13:53:10","date_gmt":"2014-06-15T12:53:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/forestrowfilmsociety.org\/news\/?page_id=2428"},"modified":"2014-10-18T07:12:38","modified_gmt":"2014-10-18T06:12:38","slug":"omar","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/forestrowfilmsociety.org\/news\/films\/omar\/","title":{"rendered":"Omar"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Friday, 17 October 2014: Omar<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\r\n

Friday, 17 October 2014, 20:00<\/p>\r\n

Venue<\/strong>: (see Locations and Tickets<\/a> for further details)<\/p>\r\n

Programme category<\/strong>: Forest Row Film Society<\/p>\r\n\r<\/div>\n

Director: Hany Abu-Assad, Palestine 2013, 96 mins, 15<\/p>\n
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“Helped along by an amazing cast of mostly first-time actors, Omar<\/i> feels very fresh due to its attitude, approach, and the fact that it offers no solutions.\u201d \u2013 Roger Ebert.com \u2013 Sheila O\u2019Malley<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n

A tense and gripping thriller set in the Palestinian occupied territories where Omar is drawn into a conspiracy along with three childhood friends to shoot an Israeli soldier. A film about the choice between lifelong loyalties and survival, Omar<\/i> was nominated for Best Foreign Language Film in the 2013 Oscars.<\/p>\n

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\u201c..it is Abu-Assad who pulls the neatest trick: His empathy for those caught in the pathology caused by living as second-class citizens is apparent. Yet he doesn\u2019t excuse the excesses that result \u2013 on both sides.\u201d Huffington Post<\/i><\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Further reading<\/h4>\n
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  1. Salon<\/a><\/li>\n
  2. Slant<\/a><\/li>\n
  3. The Guardian<\/a><\/li>\n
  4. Al Jazeera<\/a><\/li>\n
  5. Interviews with the director:\n
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    1. Film Comment<\/a><\/li>\n
    2. Jerusalem Post<\/a><\/li>\n
    3. Filmmaker<\/a><\/li>\n
    4. Slant<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      Trailer<\/h4>\n