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This film about Israeli architect Ada Karmi-Melamede, 88, is about beautiful buildings and so much more

JL;DR SUMMARY "Ada: My Mother the Architect" is a documentary by New York-based filmmaker Yael Melamede, capturing the life and work of her mother, Ada Karmi-Melamede, a prominent Israeli architect renowned for iconic structures like Israel's Supreme Court. 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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FamilyCultural IdentityMotherhoodDocumentary FilmArchitectureAda Karmi MelamedeYael MelamedeSupreme Court BuildingIsrael Prize For Architecture

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New York, United States
"On the surface, New York-based filmmaker Yael Melamedes latest documentary is an intimate story about her mother, award-winning Israeli architect Ada Karmi-Melamede."
Jerusalem, Israel
"is renowned for creating some of Israels best-known public buildings, including Ben-Gurion Airport, the Ramat HaNadiv Nature Park Visitors Center and, perhaps most notable of all, Israels Supreme Court building in Jerusalem."
Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv District, Israel
"Adas roots, Yael explains, are in Israel, where her mother has lived alone for more than 40 years  and where she continues to commute to her Tel Aviv office daily."

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