Kibbutz Kfar Menachem: Crossroads

Duration: 25

Year Published: 1974

Creator: Lawrence Levy

Format: 16mm

Color: Color

Description: Shows life on the Israeli kibbutz Kfar Menachem and contrasts the attitudes of the parents who chose the lifestyle with their children who were born on the kibbutz and are ambivalent in their feelings toward it. Examines the social, political, and economic organization of the kibbutz, particularly the separation of children from parents and industrialization. Indicates the dilemma of the young people who have mixed feelings about the system but must decide its future.