Hummus! The Movie
New York Jewish Film Festival 2017
January 11 - 24, 2017
Three Israelis with little in common share one important characteristic: their love for hummus, the tahini and chickpea-based spread that is one of the country’s dietary staples. In this lively and heartfelt documentary, filmmaker Oren Rosenfeld demonstrates how a simple food can help us transcend religious and cultural divides. Screening with Numbers Guy (Vanessa Jung, 33m).
Three Israelis from very different backgrounds are brought together by their love for a common dietary staple: hummus. Jalil, a young Christian-Arab from Ramla who has taken over his family’s hummus restaurant, struggles with the urge to forge his own path. Eliyahu is a former dread-headed vagrant turned Hasidic Jew, who opens a chain of successful kosher hummus restaurants. Suheila, the only woman to own her own business in the Arab market, has won the Golden Pita Award for Best Hummus, beating ten men for the title. Weaving together their stories, director Oren Rosenfeld tastefully demonstrates how food can positively affect our culture—and is even able to transcend religious and political divides.
Screening with:
Numbers Guy
Vanessa Jung, Canada, 2015, 33m
New York Premiere
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