The Therapy
Online screening and zoom conversation with Director
Zvi Landsman
“A powerful film. An intimate and sensitive access.
A human story presenting a very important and relevant subject”.
Jury’s award justification, Docaviv film festival
“A documentary that will shatter your heart into thousands of pieces”
Goel Pinto, Kan culture
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Here's how to catch the film and program:
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Watch the film from home: Available Thursday, September 18, through Thursday, September 25.
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Live Q&A with director Zvi Landsman on Zoom: Tune in Sunday, September 21, at 2:00 PM US Eastern Time.
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Missed it live? Don't worry! The film and the program recording will be accessible until Thursday, September 25, at 4:00 PM US Eastern Time.
synopsis
85 Min | 2021 | Israel | Hebrew, English
Synopsis
Conversion Therapy is revealed from within for the first time. Lev, a 54 year-old| divorced Orthodox Jew, attends conversion therapy hoping to be remarried to a woman. He attends one-on-one therapy sessions and group therapy, believing his unwanted same-sex attractions will disappear.
At the same time, Ben, a 23-year-old social work student, seven years into conversion therapy, starts having doubts. In the Jewish Orthodox world, where he grew up, he was taught homosexuality is a fault that one can “cure”. But when he went to university he was surprised to discover conversion therapy is considered harmful and dangerous. Ben sets out on a quest to discover the truth about conversion therapy, and learns that the way out is harder than he thought.
About the Speakers
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Zvi Landsman - filmmaker Graduated from the Sam Spiegel Film School with honors,His film THE THERAPY received the Sundance institute production grant and the jury award at DocAviv.
His short AFTER ALL received honorable mentions in Tel Aviv and Munich student film festivals and accumulated over 13 million YouTube views.
Cinematographer of the Oscar shortlisted film THE MUTE’S HOUSE.
Dr. Adi Avivi(moderator)r. Adi Avivi is a clinical psychologist, group psychotherapist, a teacher, and a writer living in NYC. Adi studied psychology and cinema at Tel Aviv university, before moving to the US to pursue her doctorate. She has been working and teaching in NYC hospitals since 2009 and in her own private practice. Adi’s passion for storytelling has been a part of her clinical and academic work.
Ramy A. Katz(moderator) is an award-winning documentary filmmaker living in Ness Ziona, Israel. His works include "Freeflow" and "Cause of Death," both of which have garnered accolades and participated in numerous international film festivals. In 2020, he founded DOCU-TV, a platform he has since operated and through which he hosts engaging weekly sessions with fellow filmmakers.
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