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Defamation
Directed by
Yoav Shamir
Not Rated
2009
1h 31m
Documentary
7.4
81%
76%
7.1
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Intent on shaking up the ultimate 'sacred cow' for Jews, Israeli director Yoav Shamir embarks on a provocative - and at times irreverent - quest to answer the question, "What is anti-Semitism today?"
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Cast of Defamation
Uri Avneri
Self
Norman Finkelstein
Self
Abraham Foxman
Self
John Mearsheimer
Self
Yoav Shamir
Director / Writer
Knut Ogris
Producer
Karoline Leth
Producer
Sandra Itkoff
Producer
Elin Pröjts
Editor
Kenneth Laugaard Andersen
Editorial Coordinator
Stephen Vittoria
Editor
Morten Højbjerg
Editor
Mischa Krausz
Music
Nynne Marie Selin Eidnes
Line Producer
Peter Höhsl
Visual Effects
Defamation Ratings & Reviews
Solzy at the Movies
Danielle Solzman
In the time since Defamation premiered in 2009, antisemitism has only increased but this isn't a must-watch documentary in the same way that other films approach the subject.
Film Comment Magazine
Jennifer Dworkin
[T]hough the film is scattershot and flip at times, it is also heartfelt.
Variety
Leslie Felperin
End result is at once intelligent, wry and -- there's no way around it -- quintessentially Jewish, in the best sense.
Killer Movie Reviews
Andrea Chase
deliberately provocative, and more than challenging even with Shamir's wry approach, it's paradigm shifting and disconcerting
Chicago Reader
Andrea Gronvall
The filmmaker gives roughly equal time to left, right, and moderate views, but his glib narration, accentuated by a jaunty score, undercuts this otherwise worthy inquiry.
Boston Globe
Ty Burr
The film wades airily into a cultural no-flyover zone, sits down, and says: OK, let's talk.
Boston Phoenix
Gerald Peary
Shamir is smart enough to move his film beyond shrill polemics and into more observational territory: Israeli high-school kids visiting Poland to see the death camps, African-Americans on a street corner in Brooklyn discussing their experiences with Jews.
NewsBlaze
Kam Williams
Borat hunts for neo-Nazis!
Los Angeles Times
Kevin Thomas
Even though Defamation, which is sprinkled with unexpected moments of wry humor, will be inescapably controversial, Yoav Shamir strives admirably to be evenhanded.
New York Times
Neil Genzlinger
Presumably Mr. Shamir's film plays differently in Israel. In the United States, it feels like just another day on the Op-Ed page.
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Louis Proyect
Like Diogenes with his lamp, director Yoav Shamir goes in search of anti-Semitism. This film goes further than any ever made in demonstrating that the Holocaust has been used cynically to justify Israeli expansionism and brutality.
San Francisco Chronicle
Walter V. Addiego
Yoav Shamir's documentary Defamation takes on such an explosive topic that the director only gradually reveals the film's real subject.
Village Voice
Scott Foundas
Like most good documentaries, Defamation poses more questions than it purports to answer, before arriving at the mildly reductive postulation that what's past is past.
About.com
Jennifer Merin
Shamir's breezy manner and casual approach encourage people to speak candidly, and their comments about Jews are shocking -- horrendous, really, but sometimes surprisingly funny.
Slant Magazine
Joseph Jon Lanthier
Shamir's propensity for scatterbrained journalism muddles the film's first half to the point of irritation.
Compuserve
Harvey S. Karten
Intelligent, muscular documentary filmmaking that asks all the right questions about anti-Semitism today.
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