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He's the surgeon to The documentary "The Prime Ministers: The Pioneers," Kobe, million-dollar stars adapted by producer-director Richard Trank from the book by Yehuda Avner, examines the geopolitical state of Israel under the leadership of two of its earlier prime ministers, Levi Eshkol (1963-1969) and Golda Meir (1969-1974). Ads by Google Photos: On the set: mov ies and TV Co-written and produced by Rabbi Marvin Hier, the founder of the Simon Wiesenthal Center and the Museum of Tolerance in Los Angeles, it is the first of a two-part series; the second film will be released next spring.

Avner, who worked as advisor and speechwriter to Eshkol and Meir as well as to later Israeli Prime Ministers Menachem Begin, Yitzhak Rabin and Shimon Peres (that trio will be the focus of the follow-up film), serves as this movie's avuncular (he's now 84) on-camera narrator and raconteur.

PHOTOS: Behind the scenes of movies and TV Oscar documentary short race: Eight films v ie for nominations Avner's many observations and he-was-there stories — a who's who of international political figures from the late 1940s to the mid-1970s — combine to paint an engrossing if essentially one-sided picture of the key episodes of Israel's first 25 years: its establishment as a Jewish state in 1948; 1967's Six-Day War; the country's close alliance with the United States; 1973's Yom Kippur War and more. Suspected Nazi-looted art found in Germany mirrors 'Monuments Men' A wide and excellent array of archival footage and photos plot vividly accompany Avner's recitation; the numerous clips of Meir, which portray her from her youth to her last days as prime minister, are a stirring reminder of what an extraordinary leader — and woman — she was.

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johnz522 at 9:05 AM November 06, 2013 "Co-written and produced by Rabbi Marvin Hier, the founder of the Simon Wiesenthal Center and the Museum of Tolerance in Los Angeles." That tells one everything they need to know about this movie. It is 100% pure zionist propaganda and will continue to offer a revisionist historical narrative of Palestine and the indigenous people who were forced from their homes by the European zionists.

Resident Boomer at 8:46 AM November 06, 2013 Yeah, well then maybe Barbra Streisand would be better for Golda than Sandra Bullock?

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