David Ben-Gurion

David Ben-Gurion

Born: October 16, 1886
Died: December 1, 1973
in Płońsk, Congress Poland, Russian Empire
David Ben-Gurion was the primary national founder of the State of Israel as well as its first prime minister.

Movies for David Ben-Gurion...

Title: A History of Antisemitism
Character: Self - Politician (archive footage)
Released: April 12, 2022
Type: TV
A detailed account of the two millennia of intolerance and persecution suffered by the Jews, from antiquity to the present day.
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Ben-Gurion, Epilogue
Title: Ben-Gurion, Epilogue
Released: February 21, 2016
Type: Movie
Based on archive material, the film reveals the final years of Israel's founder, David Ben-Gurion. Excluded from leadership, he allowed himself a hindsight perspective on the Zionist enterprise.
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Propaganda
Title: Propaganda
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: February 14, 2013
Type: Movie
An anti-western propaganda film about the influences of American visual and consumption culture on the rest of the world, as told from a North Korean perspective.
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Exodus 1947
Title: Exodus 1947
Character: Self
Released: July 6, 1997
Type: Movie
Exodus 1947 is a one hour PBS documentary narrated by Morley Safer with a score by Ilan Rechtman. The Exodus 1947 voyage acted as a catalyst in forming the new State of Israel. The documentary focuses on clandestine and "illegal" American efforts to finance and crew the most infamous of ten American ships that attempted to bring Jewish refugees to Palestine.
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Israel: Birth of a Nation
Title: Israel: Birth of a Nation
Character: Himself
Released: September 27, 1995
Type: Movie
Sir Martin Gilbert, author of over sixty books and the host of A&E's JERUSALEM, hosts this gripping account of Israel's difficult first years. Filled with rare footage, photographs, and interviews with participants in the War of Independence, this is the definitive document of one of the turning points in modern history. Extraordinary footage filmed by Bernard Beecham, a British soldierBritish sol
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A Wall in Jerusalem
Title: A Wall in Jerusalem
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: November 20, 1968
Type: Movie
A brilliant documentary about the growth of Israel into the Jewish homeland. Seventy-three years of struggle for religious freedom is vividly recorded using rare archive film footage and photographs of historic events in the development of 20th century Israel. Beginning with the Dreyfus Affair in 1894, the film covers Theodor Herzl, founder of modern Zionism; the earliest immigration and settlements; the formation of kibbutzim; the Balfour Declaration; the rise of European anti-Semitism; the British occupation of Palestine; Arab confrontations; the United Nations resolution; the "Exodus" incident, and the Six Day War.