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Films@IIJS: Azimuth

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Join IIJS for a screening of Azimuth followed by a Q & A with with first-time director Mike Burstyn, famed stage and screen actor.

The Six Day War, June 11th, 1967: an Israeli soldier and an Egyptian soldier encounter each other in an abandoned UNEF post in the Sinai desert on the day after the Israeli/Egyptian cease fire. During their ensuing firefight both men are trapped in the abandoned post, struggling to survive each other and the desert surrounding them.

Uploaded by Dana Goren on 2017-12-21.