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FEATURE FILM, ARTICLE
Star-Studded Cast Including Oscar Isaac and Evangeline Lilly to Voice ‘Legend of Destruction’
Many communities from around the world have joined the Tisha B’Av World Screening Event 2024, including 50+ international screenings and 70+ screenigs in the USA!
Forward
“The film — about the intra-Jewish rifts that preceded the temple’s destruction — was acclaimed in Israel precisely because it reflected the deepening social and political divides in 21st-century Jerusalem.”
READ ARTICLE 1 HERE, READ ARTICLE 2 HERE
The Jerusalem Post
““It was relevant before Oct. 7. It’s even more relevant now,” said Zablocki, director of the JCC’s Israel Film Center.”
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The Times of Israel
“The movie employs an innovative medium, telling the story by switching between and panning across 1,500 still paintings composed on Photoshop. Drawing from biblical as well as contemporaneous sources such as the writings of Roman-Jewish historian Flavius Josephus, it portrays the rival Jewish groups whose infighting eased the Roman army’s way into Jerusalem ahead of the burning of the Temple.”
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The New York Times
For a Fractured Israel, a Film Offers Ominous Lessons From Ancient Past An animated epic depicting a Jewish civil war and the destruction of the Second Temple 2,000 years ago is being seen as a warning in a deeply divided country.
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Jewish Standard
“Still, the message — that we cannot allow ourselves to be polarized to the point that we care more about hurting our opponents than helping ourselves, our community, and our world — is terrifyingly relevant today. Compromise is necessary.”
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Jewsih News Syndicate (JNS)
“Daphna Pollak, a local activist, and a consortium of partner organizations, brought the film to Toronto for an Aug. 11 screening, which drew about 280 people.”
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The Art Newspaper
“This is not a religious film, it’s a film about religion,” says Gidi Dar… What has scared off audiences outside Israel and the international film industry is the war in Gaza. Israeli films are now seen as toxic, says Udy Epstein, the US distributor for Legend of Destruction.
READ ARTICLE HERE
Read more articles:
A film about the destruction of the Second Temple premiered in 2021. Oct. 7 gives it new resonance. – JEWISH TELEGRAPHIC AGENCY
Film in Scotch Plains – NEW JERSEY JEWISH NEWS
Jerusalem was burning – NEW JERSEY JEWISH NEWS
HP’s Congregation Ohav Emeth To Show Tisha B’Av Movie – JEWISH LINK
A film about the destruction of the Second Temple premiered in 2021. Oct. 7 gives it new resonance. – CLEVELAND JEWISH NEWS
‘Unity depends on us,’ says director of animated Second Temple film ‘Legend of Destruction’ – COLUMBUS JEWISH NEWS, AKRON JEWISH NEWS, CLEVELAND JEWISH NEWS
A film about the destruction of the Second Temple premiered in 2021. Oct. 7 gives it new resonance. – THE JEWISH NEWS NORTHERN CALIFORNIA
Zealotry Is Dividing Israel: A Groundbreaking Film Shows It’s Not The First Time – RELIGION UNPLUGGED
New English translation of animated Tisha B’Av film, featuring Hollywood stars, to be shown worldwide ahead of fast day – E JEWISH PHILANTHROPY
Film about Destruction of Second Temple Resonates in the Wake of Oct. 7 Tragedy – JMORE
Película israelí sobre la destrucción del Segundo Templo adquiere nuevo significado tras el 7 de octubre – NUEVO MUNDO ISRAELITA
Destrucción del Segundo Templo: película de 2021 revive tras el 7 de octubre – NOTICIAS DE ISRAEL
Oporto Jewish Museum anticipated Tisha B’Av by showing the film ‘Legend of Destruction’ – THE PORTUGUESE JEWISH NEWS
Oscar Isaac to Lead Animated Film Made Up of 1,500 Original Paintings -REMEZCLA
Oscar Isaac, Evangeline Lilly & More To Voice Animated Pic ‘Legend Of Destruction’ – DEADLINE
Marvel alums Oscar Isaac and Evangeline Lilly set to unite for animated historical epic – WGTC
Contact 7th Art for the screener to preview the film.
A tale of a city gone mad, based on the historical events leading up to the destruction of the Second Jewish Temple in 70 CE, which changed the destiny of the Jewish people forever. Based on Talmudic legends and the accounts of Yosef Ben Matityahu (Josephus Flavius), LEGEND of DESTRUCTION depicts the dangers of greed, social injustices, corruption, polarization, political hubris, and, above all, religious fanaticism in the name of God. These events took place some 2000 years ago, yet the timeliness of this formative story to the Jewish people is shocking.
Gidi Dar, The Director (‘Ushpizin’):
“Legend of Destruction’s” relevancy to events unfolding in Israel right now is shocking, frightening, and thought-provoking; for 76 years now, North American Jewry has had admiration and hope for Israel regardless of political, religious, and cultural affiliations. North American Jews have been praying for Israel, donating to many causes related to the Jewish State, traveling to it, and overall have been drawing from Israel a great sense of confidence and pride. Now, Israel’s internal turmoil and the effects of the Gaza conflict have spilled over into our shores.