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Children of the Sun

Tracing Israel’s kibbutz movement, Children of the Sun follows members of the Zionist elite from their birth in the 1920s and 1930s to the crisis that weakened the movement

Series

Global Voices

Premiere Date

July 20, 2009

Length

90 minutes

Funding Type

Co-Production

Ran Tal

Director

Director Ran Tal was born in 1963 in Israel to a farmer’s family and grew up on Kibbutz Beit Hashita. After finishing his military duty, he studied cinema and television at Tel Aviv University. Tal was creative director at several TV stations and since the mid-90s has been an independent documentary filmmaker whose work deals with the essence of Israeli politics through social and historical phenomenon. He also teaches at various film schools in Israel.
Amir Harel

Producer