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| Inventing Our Life: The Kibbutz Experiment | |
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| Directed by | Toby Perl Freilich |
| Written by | Toby Perl Freilich |
| Produced by | Toby Perl Freilich |
| Cinematography | Itamar Hadar |
| Edited by | Juliet Weber |
| Music by | Beit Habubot |
| Distributed by | First Run Features (US) |
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Running time | 79 minutes |
| Countries | Israel United States |
| Languages | Hebrew English |
Inventing Our Life: The Kibbutz Experiment is a 2010 documentary film directed by Toby Perl Freilich.
The film examines the 100-year history of Israel's kibbutz movement as a modern generation struggles to ensure its survival amidst painful reforms and a new capitalist reality. Among those interviewed are first, second and third generation members from kibbutzim like Degania, the flagship commune established in 1910; Hulda, once near collapse and recently privatized; Sasa, the first to be settled entirely by Jews from America and today Israel's wealthiest kibbutz; and Tamuz, an urban kibbutz founded in 1987 and located in Beit Shemesh.[ citation needed ]
The film received generally favorable reviews from critics. At Rotten Tomatoes , the film holds a rating of 82%, based on 11 reviews and an average rating of 7.3/10. [1] It also has a score of 67 on Metacritic based on six reviews. [2]