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Bitter-sweet Jaffa dance doc
MARIA DUARTE recommends a film on a unique project uniting Jews and Israeli Arabs
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PAUL DONOVAN applauds an intriguing multi-layered depiction, dominated by a stunning impersonation of Marilyn herself
EWAN CAMERON marvels at the impossible ambition, realised with dreamlike finesse of translating Italo Calvino to the stage
Dancing in Jaffa (PG), directed by Hilla Medalia
EVERY autumn Strictly Come Dancing fever grips the nation, uniting both young and old, so could ballroom dancing — in a very different setting — be the solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict?
That is the idealistic notion of renowned ballroom champion Pierre Dulaine who returned to his birthplace of Jaffa in Israel to fulfill a lifelong dream of teaching Jewish and Israeli Arab children to dance together.
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