DOCUMENTARY FILM by Maital Guttman, Greensboro native and graduate of Duke ’05
Mechina – A Preparation
Synopsis
Maital feels no different from her cousin Amitai. They both enjoy music and going to the beach. They both want to work for peace. When they were eighteen, they both worried about graduating from high school and making plans for the future. The difference? At 18, Maital worried about what college she would attend, while Amitai worried about what unit he would enter in the Israeli Defense Force.
In the summer of 2004, Maital launches a journey to discover what it means to be eighteen in Israel. Living with her cousin Amitai and his five friends as they prepare for their army service, she uncovers the complexity of being young and idealistic in a time of war, as the teens transition from students to soldiers.
This film will be shown in honor of Yom Hazikaron (Hebrew: Israeli Fallen Soldiers and Victims of Terrorism Remembrance Day). Yom Hazikaron is Israel’s official Memorial Day.
For more information, contact Eden Avraham-Katz at ekatz@elon.edu