Division Ave (2019)
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Country:
USA
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Duration:
14 min
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Genre:
drama
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Director:
Tamar Glezerman
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Producer:
Michal Birnbaum, Lorena Rodriguez
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Cast:
Lorena Rodriguez Medina, Michal Birnbaum, Nati Rabinowitz
About film
Women migrant workers from Mexico stand by the roadside and hope to find some work, the same way crowds of unemployed Americans used to stand during the Great Depression. One of them, Fernanda, gets lucky - she is hired into a Hasidic family. There Nechama, a young mother who becomes suspicious that Fernanda is lazy, discovers that a chauvinistic Jew from the recruiting agency doesn’t pay the cleaning lady. Fernanda explains herself in broken English, and even though she and her new friend might not be able to obtain any justice, they at least will be capable of revenge. Mutual understanding will prove to be stronger than the class division of society, as is right and proper. Isn’t this the kind of reconciliation across genders and cultures that the United States, and subsequently the entire world, are hoping for?
Rewards and nominations
- Poppy Jasper Film Festival 2019 (USA) — Festival Prize
- Workers Unite Film Festival 2019 (USA) — Honorable mention
Director
I’m a writer & director from Tel-Aviv, living and working in Brooklyn. I’m interested in comedy, tragedy, animals & politics. I write and/or direct narrative, shorts, music videos, branded & PSAs. My work has featured on NPR, The New-York Times, MSNBC, Nowness, Refinery29, NBC.com, Ha’aretz, CoolHunting, LOGO, Short of the week and more. I’ve edited for clients like Bob Dylan & Disney, won a webby and edited and consulted on films which played Sundance, Berlinale, DOC NYC, and other international festivals.
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Director
I’m a writer & director from Tel-Aviv, living and working in Brooklyn. I’m interested in comedy, tragedy, animals & politics. I write and/or direct narrative, shorts, music videos, branded & PSAs. My work has featured on NPR, The New-York Times, MSNBC, Nowness, Refinery29, NBC.com, Ha’aretz, CoolHunting, LOGO, Short of the week and more. I’ve edited for clients like Bob Dylan & Disney, won a webby and edited and consulted on films which played Sundance, Berlinale, DOC NYC, and other international festivals.