Junction 48

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Junction 48

2017

1h 36m

Drama

Music

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Kareem leads an aimless life between odd jobs and hanging out with his buddies in a crime-ridden Arab ghetto of the mixed city of Lyd. But a family tragedy brings him closer to his singer girlfriend Manar and motivates him to do something more with his life. When Kareem and his group finally get a chance to perform in a Tel Aviv hip-hop club, the star potential of the first Arab rapper is quickly noticed.

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Jordan Hoffman

Times of Israel

02/01/2018

"Junction 48" is something worth checking out - particularly if you are a fan of Arabic hip-hop, which, now that I've seen this movie, I guess I am.

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Ben Kenigsberg

New York Times

03/02/2017

Does for the Israeli city of Lod what "8 Mile" aimed to do for the suburbs of Detroit.

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Michael Rechtshaffen

Los Angeles Times

03/02/2017

An immersive fictionalized portrait of an aspiring rapper struggling to find his voice amid the constant din of long-festering Arab-Israeli tensions.

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Uri Klein

Haaretz

01/10/2018

Junction 48 demands that we allow ourselves to be swept into it...those obstacles are worth overcoming; if you do, you get a chance to experience a work whose unique way of observing current Israeli reality is what gives it validity.

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03/05/2017

Great touching movie that socializes the humanity of life for a Palestinian and his struggles with a people who are stigmatized as second class.

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Kareem leads an aimless life between odd jobs and hanging out with his buddies in a crime-ridden Arab ghetto of the mixed city of Lyd. But a family tragedy brings him closer to his singer girlfriend Manar and motivates him to do something more with his life. When Kareem and his group finally get a chance to perform in a Tel Aviv hip-hop club, the star potential of the first Arab rapper is quickly noticed.

Director: Udi Aloni
Producer: Udi Aloni, Stefan Arndt, Lawrence Inglee, David Silber
Screenwriter: Oren Moverman, Tamer Nafar
Distributor: The Orchard
Production Co: The Orchard, United King Films, Metro Communications, X-Filme Creative Pool, Blackbird Films
Genre: Drama, Music
Original Language: Arabic
Release Date (Theaters): Mar 3, 2017, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Mar 28, 2017
Box Office (Gross USA): $9.1K
Runtime: 1h 36m