Junction 48

Released Mar 3, 2017

1h 36m

Drama

Music

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Kareem (Tamer Nafar) 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 (Samar Qupty) 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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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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Udi Aloni

Director

Tamer Nafar

Kareem

Samar Qupty

Manar

Salwa Nakkara

Kareem's Mother

Saeed Dassuki

Talal

Adeeb Safadi

Yousef

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Jordan Hoffman

Times of Israel

"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.

Feb 1, 2018

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Ben Kenigsberg

New York Times

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

Mar 2, 2017

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Michael Rechtshaffen

Los Angeles Times

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

Mar 2, 2017

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Uri Klein

Haaretz

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.

Jan 10, 2018

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Hannah Brown

Jerusalem Post

The charm of the young cast, especially Nafar and Qupty, is the film's strength. When they perform, separately or together, the movie soars.

Feb 28, 2017

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Lauren Humphries-Brooks

We Got This Covered

Junction 48 celebrates music as a force for expression and cultural fusion, as Kareem and his friends praise sexuality, love, and the realities of their lives in Lyd as the most profoundly political statements they can make.

Rated: 4.5/5

Feb 28, 2017

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Synopsis

Kareem (Tamer Nafar) 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 (Samar Qupty) 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: Leon Edery, Moshe Edery, Michael J. Mailis, Oren Moverman
Screenwriter: Oren Moverman, Tamer Nafar
Distributor: The Orchard
Production Co: Blackbird Films, Metro Communications, X-Filme Creative Pool, United King Films, The Orchard
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

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