Comrade Dov (75'), Barak Heymann, Israel

Goddamned communist. Internal enemy. Privileged Tel Aviv Ashkenazi. It seems Dov Khenin has been
called almost everything during his 13-year tenure as Member of Knesset for the Jewish-Arab party
‘Hadash’. For years, director Barak Heymann has been following this leading legislator, creating a film that
examines the open wounds of contemporary Israeli society: from the forced removal of the residents of
Givat Amal to turbulent meetings of the Knesset’s Finance Committee, and down to the violent events at
Umm al-Hiran. Comrade Dov is a surprising, thought-provoking portrait of a unique politician, who refuses
to give up even as reality deals him one cruel blow after another.