My Israeli friend, Yael, called the film A Borrowed Identity "a love story." She was right. Portraying facets of the political, social, and personal dimensions of Israeli-Jewish and Arab life, viewers come to understand how love and socio-political realities intertwine in complex ways.
Facile understandings of identity, loyalty, and culture are portrayed in the collective-as often it is in mainstream media. However, as we enter the lived experiences of Eyad (a young Arab boy), Yonatan (his Jewish friend), Yonatan's mother, and Eyad's Jewish girlfriend, and their families' lives, viewers will understand how love opens creative problem solving, leaving untenable the notion of a static "self"- for better or for worse. You be the judge as you consider the implications...
Facile understandings of identity, loyalty, and culture are portrayed in the collective-as often it is in mainstream media. However, as we enter the lived experiences of Eyad (a young Arab boy), Yonatan (his Jewish friend), Yonatan's mother, and Eyad's Jewish girlfriend, and their families' lives, viewers will understand how love opens creative problem solving, leaving untenable the notion of a static "self"- for better or for worse. You be the judge as you consider the implications...
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