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In the face of conflict over assimilation, appropriation, colonialism and hegemony, a plea for human dignity through dance

JL;DR SUMMARY Tatyana Tenenbaum's debut documentary, "Everything You Have Is Yours," follows dancer Hadar Ahuvia as she navigates personal and cultural conflicts through the medium of dance. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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ZionismPalestinian Israeli ConflictDocumentaryCultural IdentityAssimilationDanceIsraeli Folk DanceAppropriationHadar AhuviaTatyana Tenenbaum

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New Jersey, United States
"I leaped up because I suddenly remembered dancing with my own Israeli mother, at a New Jersey JCC in the 80s, my small hand tucked into her palm, as we moved softly in a circle with American Jews, to the opening notes of Mah Navu."
Hawaii, United States
"The films protagonist, dancer and choreographer Hadar Ahuvia, is rehearsing in an empty studio, talking about doing her homework at the Jewish Community Center in Hawaii as a child, while her mother taught Israeli folk dance classes in another room."
Los Angeles, California, United States
"The documentary Everything You Have Is Yours screens on March 5 and 8 at the Laemmle Theater in Los Angeles."
Poland
"Over the course of seven years, Tenenbaum films Ahuvias trips from New York to Poland to Palestine and to her mothers kibbutz in Israel everywhere that Ahuvia can, in her own words, exercise my freedom of movement, in pursuit of her troubled, troubling lineage."
Palestinian Territories
"Over the course of seven years, Tenenbaum films Ahuvias trips from New York to Poland to Palestine and to her mothers kibbutz in Israel everywhere that Ahuvia can, in her own words, exercise my freedom of movement, in pursuit of her troubled, troubling lineage."
San Francisco, California, United States
"There are exceptions: The Jewish Film Institute, for example, presented the movie in San Francisco for Winterfest, and they made a beautiful panel as the centerpiece of the weekend about it, which was lovely."

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