| Strangers No More | |
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| Directed by | Karen Goodman Kirk Simon |
| Cinematography | Buddy Squires |
Production company | Simon & Goodman Picture Company |
| Distributed by | HBO |
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Running time | 40 minutes |
Strangers No More is a 2010 short documentary film about a school in Tel Aviv, Israel, where children from 48 countries and diverse backgrounds come together to learn. The parents of these children are among over 300,000 transnational migrant workers who have arrived in Israel—some with government authorization and others undocumented.[1]
The film follows three students as they struggle to acclimate to life in Israel and slowly unveil their stories of hardship. Strangers No More was shot on location at the Bialik-Rogozin School in Tel Aviv. It is produced and directed by Karen Goodman and Kirk Simon of Simon & Goodman Picture Company, whose films have received four Academy Award nominations and three Emmy Awards. It won best Short Documentary at the Academy Awards in 2011.[2]
- ^ Willen, Sarah (2007). Transnational Migration to Israel in Global Comparative Context. Lanham, MD: Lexington Books.
- ^ Film about Tel Aviv school wins Academy Award Archived 2011-08-09 at the Wayback Machine