Petting Zoo (2019)
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Country:
USA
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Duration:
11 min
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Genre:
biography
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Director:
Daniel Robin
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Producer:
Daniel Robin
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Cast:
Daniel Robin
About film
In 1974, a local TV news station crew came into the filmmaker Daniel Robin’s home during the Rosh Hashanah celebration to document it and learn about Jewish rituals. A narrative begins with the formation of American-Jewish identity. But then the director of this unexpected autobiography draws an analogy with the current rise in anti-Semitism and nationalism. He believes that in the United States the attitude towards unfamiliar cultures resembles the one people take towards animals in petting zoos, where one can safely touch and pet them.
Rewards and nominations
- Ji.hlava International Documentary Film Festival 2019 (Czech Republic) — Official Selection
Director
Daniel Robin is an American producer, director, screenwriter, editor, and an Associate Professor at Georgia State University teaching documentary and fiction production. His directorial filmography consists of short documentary films verging on autobiographical: My Olympic Summer (2007), in which Robin explored his parents’ marriage, as well as his own unsuccessful one, Nothing Seems to Last (2013) about family memories, and Petting Zoo.
Director
Daniel Robin is an American producer, director, screenwriter, editor, and an Associate Professor at Georgia State University teaching documentary and fiction production. His directorial filmography consists of short documentary films verging on autobiographical: My Olympic Summer (2007), in which Robin explored his parents’ marriage, as well as his own unsuccessful one, Nothing Seems to Last (2013) about family memories, and Petting Zoo.
