Black to the Promised Land Movie Review 1992

Takes a look at the lives of 11 African-American teenagers from Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn to Kibbutz Lehavot Habashan, Israel. The teenagers are taken by their Jewish teacher to work for three months on the Israeli kibbutz. Challenges to stereotypes are felt by both the Israelis and the African-American teenagers.

Distribution

First Run/Icarus Films, 32 Court St., 21st Fl., Brooklyn, NY 11201, Phone: (718)488-8900, Fax: (718)488-8642, Email: mailroom@frif.com, URL: http://www.frif.com

Available on VHS
Running time 95 minutes.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Documentary Films, Black Culture, Judaism, Adolescence

Director

Madeleine Ali