Yellow Asphalt

Yellow Asphalt
Yellow Asphalt
Directed by	Danny Verete
Written by	Danny Verete
Produced by	Danny Verete
Starring	Sami Samir; Tatjana Blacher; Raida Adon; Motti Katz; Moshe Ivgi; Abed Zuabi; Zevik Raz
Distributed by	Danny Verete Film Productions
Release date	2000;
Running time	83 minutes
Country	Israel
Language	Hebrew

Yellow Asphalt (Hebrew: אספלט צהוב, Asfalt Tzahov) is a 2000 Israeli film depicting Jahalin Bedouins and their way of life, specifically their conflict with Israeli Jews. The film is a pastiche of three short stories depicted sequentially:

Black spot (Moshe Ivgi, Zevik Raz) – about an Israeli tanker crew which runs over a Bedouin boy
Here is not there (Tatjana Blacher, Abed Zuabi) – about the doomed love of a German woman and her Bedouin husband
Red roofs (Raida Adon, Sami Samir, Motti Katz) – about a love affair / physical relationship of an Israeli Jewish farmer and his Bedouin maid

The stories are shot on location in the Judean desert, and casts members of the Jahalin Bedouin tribe in acting roles. The three shorts are woven together by the presence of the same village elders in all the films, who happen to be actual members of the Jahalin Bedouin. The film was released with Hebrew and Arabic audio tracks. The entire film took seven years to create. The film tries to portray the clash of civilizations between the Bedouins and Israeli Jews in a non-judgmental manner.

Shot before the Second Intifada, the film steers clear of political themes, focusing instead on social issues.