| Directer: | Jamie Kastner |
| Starring: | |
| Countries: | Canada, U.K. |
| Genre: | Documentary |
| Year: | 2007 |
| Type: | Color |
| Language: | English |
| Length: | 86 mins. |
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Synopsis
K*KE LIKE ME
a film by Jamie Kastner
A FUNNY AND PROVOCATIVE LOOK AT IDENTITY AND ANTI-SEMITISM
Provocative, mischievous and difficult to dismiss, filmmaker Jamie Kastner's first-person docu-essay dissects identity politics by exploring the question, “What does it mean to be perceived as Jewish?” For answers, Kastner visits a Parisian suburb noted for its tolerance, where a street interview reveals a darker side of modern Europe; poses some pointed questions to conservative pundit Pat Buchanan; and makes a trip to Auschwitz to observe how a site of extreme evil has been transformed into a tacky tourist attraction.
Through it all, Kastner’s personal journey becomes a universal exploration – funny and frightening, quirky and surprising – of identities, images, and the mystery of tribal definition; of differentness, self-conception and misconception, of bigotry and oversensitivity.
England/Canada * 2007 * 86 min. * Color * Letterboxed (1.85:1)
Jamie Kastner - Director / Producer
Mark Caswell - Cinematographer
David Wall - Original Music
Gary Akenhead, Greg West - Editors
Diana Warmé - Production Manager
Doug Kaye - Sound Recordist
Grant Edmonds - Audio Edit
Rudy Buttignol - Commissioning Editor, TVO
Nick Fraser - Executive Producer for BBC
Critical Acclaim
“...Bracing and tough-minded...a study not of ‘Jewish identity’ but of 21st century anti-Semitism.” - John Podhoretz, Commentary
“Deliberately Provocative!” - The New York Times
“At once a mischievous provocation and a thoughtful essay, this film is as aptto make you cry as laugh in its unique, surprising and universal revelationsabout identity.” - HOTDOCS
Extras on DVD
•A visit with Uncle Bill at Ess-A-Bagel in Manhatten
•Interview with the New Republic’s Leon Weiseltier
•Christopher Hitchens on Jewish identity and Israel after recently discovering his Jewish roots.
•Original Theatrical trailer
•Director’s tour of the Daniel Liebeskind-designed Jewish Museum in Berlin.
