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    Press Play with Madeleine Brand

    Filming Across the Divide

    The Israeli movie Bethlehem is in theaters now. And the Palestinian film Omar will be out next week. And they have more in common than the fact that both were considered for Oscar nominations. Both stories center around an Israeli intelligence officer and his relationship with a Palestinian informant.

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    By Madeleine Brand • May 12, 2014 • 1 min read

    The Israeli movie Bethlehem is in theaters now. And the Palestinian film Omar will be out next week. And they have more in common than the fact that both were considered for Oscar nominations. Both stories center around an Israeli intelligence officer and his relationship with a Palestinian informant. We hear from the directors of both films, which tackle a similar issue from very, very different perspectives.

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    Rain, Race, Oscars and Bieber
    1. 0:00Capturing the Rain
    2. 9:21My Brother's Keeper
    3. 16:47Bigger Than Bieber
    4. 26:10And the Oscar Goes to...
    5. 39:52Filming Across the DivideYou’re reading this
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      Madeleine Brand

      Host, 'Press Play'

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      Too Beautiful to Live

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      Christian Bordal

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      Matt Holzman

      Producer, 'The Document'

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    The full episode

    5 of 5
    Rain, Race, Oscars and Bieber
    1. 0:00Capturing the Rain
    2. 9:21My Brother's Keeper
    3. 16:47Bigger Than Bieber
    4. 26:10And the Oscar Goes to...
    5. 39:52Filming Across the DivideYou’re reading this
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