Rock in the Red Zone

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Rock in the Red Zone is a documentary film about the many rock and roll bands that have come out of Sderot, a town in southern Israel that has been under almost daily attack for many years by Qassam rockets fired from Gaza by Hamas and Islamic Jihad. Young musicians use one of the town's bomb shelters as a rock and roll club. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9]

The director/producer is Laura Bialis.

The film has screened at multiple film festivals internationally and around the United States: AICE Israeli Film Festival (Australia), San Francisco Jewish Film Festival, Sonoma Jewish Film Festival, Washington Jewish Film Festival, Boston Jewish Film Festival, Atlanta Jewish Film Festival 2016, Rutgers Jewish Film Festival.

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  1. ↑ Zaitchik, Alexander (16 March 2008). "Documentary Pulls Back Iron Curtain". The Forward . Retrieved 20 October 2008.
  2. ↑ Fuma, Simona (23 April 2008). "Rebel With a Cause". World Jewish Digest. Retrieved 20 October 2008.[ dead link ]
  3. ↑ Lash Balint, Judy (2 March 2008). "Only Thirty-Six Hours in Sderot". San Diego Jewish World. Archived from the original on 30 August 2008. Retrieved 20 October 2008.
  4. ↑ Sderot, A Love Story, The Jewish Week, Gary Rosenblatt, 18 June 2008 Archived 7 May 2009 at the Wayback Machine
  5. ↑ Gimme Shelter; War Rages in Sderot and So Does the Music Archived 5 June 2009 at the Wayback Machine Heeb Magazine
  6. ↑ Music and Romance in Sderot Israeli21c, 1 October 2014
  7. ↑ Film Review , The Jerusalem Post, 28 December 2014
  8. ↑ Love and Music from the Most Unexpected Places , United With Israel, 1 January 2015
  9. ↑ Rocking Out in the Rockets' Red Glare , JWeekly, 15 October 2015


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