Bartana’s trilogy revolves around the activities of the Jewish Renaissance Movement in Poland (JRMiP), a political group that calls for the return of 3,300,000 Jews to the land of their forefathers. The films traverse a landscape scarred by the histories of competing nationalisms and militarisms, overflowing with the narratives of the Isreali settlement movement, Zionist dreams, anti-Semitism, the holocaust and the Palestinian right of return.
In the film Zamach (Assassination), Bartana brings the dream of multinational community and a brand new Polish society to the ultimate test. The film takes place in a not too distant future during the funeral ceremony of the leader of the Jewish Renaissance Movement, who has been killed by an unidentified assassin. It is by means of this symbolic death that the myth if the new political movement is unified – a movement which can become a concrete project to be implemented in Poland, Europe or the Middle East in the days to come.
ארכיוני המרכז הוקמו בתמיכת קרן אוסטרובסקי וארטיס
