Chasing Yehoshua

Name: Chasing Yehoshua
Director: Shai Fogelman
Released: 2019

Shai Fogelman 2019

Yehoshua Elizur is a settler who lives in the West Bank. Accused of killing a Palestinian, he failed to show up on the day of his verdict, and hasn’t been seen for seven years. Since then, journalist Shay Fogelman of Israel’s Ha’aretz newspaper has been circling the world and chasing every clue in his hunt for Yehoshua.

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Running Time:

81 min.

Spoken Languages:

English, German, Hebrew, Portuguese

Subtitles:

English

Directors:

Shai Fogelman

Producers:

Assaf Amir

Production Companies:

Norma Productions

Author's POV

Investigative Journalism

Israeli-Palestinian Co..

Law and Justice

Middle Eastern Studies

Personal Story

Festival Participation

Docaviv - 2019
IDFA - 2019

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