Udi Aloni (Hebrew: × ×•×"×™ × ×œ×•× ×™â€Ž; born December 10, 1959) is
an Israeli American filmmaker, writer, visual artist and political
activist whose works focus on the interrelationships between art,
theory, and action. He is one of three sons who were born to Israeli
politician Shulamit Aloni. Aloni most recently directed and produced
Junction 48, co-written by and starring Tamer Nafar.Aloni began his
career as a painter, establishing the Bugrashov gallery in Tel Aviv, a
home for contemporary art, cultural and political events. While living
in New York in the 1990s, his work in large-scale art led him to
invent a method for advertising on urban architectural structures.In
1996, Aloni began making films. His documentary, Local Angel (2002),
and his first feature-length fiction, Forgiveness (2006), are both
radical interpretations of the Israeliâ€"Palestinian conflict that
have stirred controversy in the Middle East and internationally. Aloni
also directed Kashmir: Journey to Freedom (2008), a documentary about
the nonviolent movement for liberation and freedom in Jammu and
Kashmir that opened in the Berlin International Film Festival. Other
films include Left (1996) and Art/Violence (2013), as well as Innocent
Criminals (2004), a music video with DAM (band), Palestinian rap
group.Aloni was the head cinema coach in the Freedom Theatre of the
Jenin Refugee Camp. After the 2011 murder of Juliano Mer Khamis, the
founder and head of The Freedom Theater, Aloni directed an Arabic
adaptation of Waiting for Godot with the Freedom Theatre's graduate
students, a production that toured to New York.
an Israeli American filmmaker, writer, visual artist and political
activist whose works focus on the interrelationships between art,
theory, and action. He is one of three sons who were born to Israeli
politician Shulamit Aloni. Aloni most recently directed and produced
Junction 48, co-written by and starring Tamer Nafar.Aloni began his
career as a painter, establishing the Bugrashov gallery in Tel Aviv, a
home for contemporary art, cultural and political events. While living
in New York in the 1990s, his work in large-scale art led him to
invent a method for advertising on urban architectural structures.In
1996, Aloni began making films. His documentary, Local Angel (2002),
and his first feature-length fiction, Forgiveness (2006), are both
radical interpretations of the Israeliâ€"Palestinian conflict that
have stirred controversy in the Middle East and internationally. Aloni
also directed Kashmir: Journey to Freedom (2008), a documentary about
the nonviolent movement for liberation and freedom in Jammu and
Kashmir that opened in the Berlin International Film Festival. Other
films include Left (1996) and Art/Violence (2013), as well as Innocent
Criminals (2004), a music video with DAM (band), Palestinian rap
group.Aloni was the head cinema coach in the Freedom Theatre of the
Jenin Refugee Camp. After the 2011 murder of Juliano Mer Khamis, the
founder and head of The Freedom Theater, Aloni directed an Arabic
adaptation of Waiting for Godot with the Freedom Theatre's graduate
students, a production that toured to New York.
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